One possible topic for my research project is the effects of alcohol on neurodevelopment (or the teenage brain) in adolescence. This research topic would allow me to be involved in a division of psychiatry that I could potentially be involved with later on in life. If I do choose to research this topic I will be using resources from the top psychiatry and addiction hospitals on the east coast such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Duke Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and Fletcher Allen Medical Center and other organizations such as NCANDA( the national consortium on alcohol and neurodevelopment in adolescence.) Surveys are starting to show that 72% of high school seniors have used alcohol in their life. Alcohol is very harmful to the developing adolescent brain because it effects teens' cognitive abilities, brain development, and teenage drinking has been proven to create anatomical abnormalities in teenage brains with problematic alcohol use. Alcoholism in teens is a growing and pressing problem that sometimes falls under the radar, and through this project I hope to gain more information to help the problem now and in the future.
Survey facts:
NCANDA. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2014. <http://ncanda.org/>
Survey facts:
NCANDA. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2014. <http://ncanda.org/>