狂飲千杯在青少年之間是相當普遍的現象,這也讓酒精在重要的神經成熟過程造成的影響備受關注。大量的飲酒和成人與青少年認知能力的減低有正相關,特別是在空間工作記憶(spatial working memory)這部分,這項研究還發現了大量飲酒與空間工作記憶的減退有性別差異,女性青少年對於大量飲酒的負面影響尤其脆弱。
目前任職於VA聖地牙哥健康照護系統主任,同時也是加州大學精神醫學系的教授,Susan F. Tapert這麼說:「雖然青少年在身體特徵上看起來已成熟了,他們的大腦仍持續地發展、成熟當中,別是在有關高層認知功能(如:計畫、組織能力)的前額葉。」還有「在青少年時期,大量的酒精使用將中斷正常的腦細胞成長,特別是在前腦的區域,這會影響青少年在校園與運動方面的能力表現,並且存在長期持續性的效應,儘管在青少年大量飲酒後的幾個月」
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到了隔年一月,威爾的復原情況非常良好,已經可準備出院。他的身上有些問題永遠好不了,例如右腿行動困難以及喪失部分視覺。但是最困擾他的問題發生在他的腦袋裡:他相當確定自己已經死了。威爾的母親為了幫助兒子早日康復,帶他去南非度假。但南非的炎熱讓威爾相信這個地方就是(真正的)地獄,因此更加確定自己必定是個死人。母親難以置信地問他是怎麼死的,他說了幾個可能的死因。有可能是血液感染(這是治療初期的風險),也有可能是他之前打黃熱病疫苗之後的併發症。此外他也提出自己可能死於愛滋病,雖然他沒有感染 HIV 病毒或愛滋病的任何跡象。