| Literature DB >> 27624615 |
Giovanni Martinotti1, Matteo Lupi1, Leonardo Carlucci1, Rita Santacroce1, Eduardo Cinosi1, Tiziano Acciavatti1, Fabiola Sarchione1, Valeria Verrastro2, Pierluigi Diotaiuti2, Irene Petruccelli3, Silvia Ferrari4, Maria G Nanni5, Federica Pinna6, Umberto Volpe7, Aristide Saggino1, Luigi Janiri8, Lorenzo Leggio9,10, Massimo Di Giannantonio1.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Keywords: alcohol; binge drinking; social drinking
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Year: 2016 PMID： 27624615 DOI： 10.1177/1359105316667795
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Health Psychol ISSN： 1359-1053