TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol drinking patterns in young people: A survey-based study
AU - Martinotti, Giovanni
AU - Lupi, Matteo
AU - Carlucci, Leonardo
AU - Santacroce, Rita
AU - Cinosi, Eduardo
AU - Acciavatti, Tiziano
AU - Sarchione, Fabiola
AU - Verrastro, Valeria
AU - Diotaiuti, Pierluigi
AU - Petruccelli, Irene
AU - Ferrari, Silvia
AU - Nanni, Maria G
AU - Pinna, Federica
AU - Volpe, Umberto
AU - Saggino, Aristide
AU - Janiri, Luigi
AU - Leggio, Lorenzo
AU - Di Giannantonio, Massimo
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Binge drinking represents a major clinical and public health concern. Here, we investigated the prevalence of binge drinking and its related consequences, in a population of young adults. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 4275 healthy subjects. In the overall sample, the percentage of binge drinkers was 67.6 per cent; among regular alcohol users, 79.5 per cent reported episodes of binge drinking. Among binge drinkers, several serious consequences were identified (staggering and stuttering, amnesia, loss of control, aggressiveness, sexual disinhibition). Raising awareness about the seriousness of binge drinking may help health care providers to identify cases early on and provide appropriate treatments
AB - Binge drinking represents a major clinical and public health concern. Here, we investigated the prevalence of binge drinking and its related consequences, in a population of young adults. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 4275 healthy subjects. In the overall sample, the percentage of binge drinkers was 67.6 per cent; among regular alcohol users, 79.5 per cent reported episodes of binge drinking. Among binge drinkers, several serious consequences were identified (staggering and stuttering, amnesia, loss of control, aggressiveness, sexual disinhibition). Raising awareness about the seriousness of binge drinking may help health care providers to identify cases early on and provide appropriate treatments
KW - alcohol
KW - binge drinking
KW - social drinking
KW - alcohol
KW - binge drinking
KW - social drinking
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/95398
U2 - 10.1177/1359105316667795
DO - 10.1177/1359105316667795
M3 - Article
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 2016
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
ER -