PURPOSE To examine whether the frequency and amount of alcohol consumed in binge drinking sessions, total annual volume of alcohol consumed, problem drinking and abstaining from alcohol are associated with depressive symptoms in Eastern Europe. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Cross-sectional data from a total of 24,381 participants from general population samples of the Czech Republic (N = 7,601), Russi...

CONTEXT High rates of alcohol misuse after deployment have been reported among personnel returning from past conflicts, yet investigations of alcohol misuse after return from the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are lacking. OBJECTIVES To determine whether deployment with combat exposures was associated with new-onset or continued alcohol consumption, binge drinking, and alcohol-related p...

OBJECTIVE We identify drinking styles that place teens at greatest risk of later alcohol use disorders (AUD). DESIGN Population-based cohort study. SETTING Victoria, Australia. PARTICIPANTS A representative sample of 1943 adolescents living in Victoria in 1992. OUTCOME MEASURES Teen drinking was assessed at 6 monthly intervals (5 waves) between mean ages 14.9 and 17.4 years and summaris...

BACKGROUND Little is known about rates of alcohol consumption in career firefighters. AIMS To assess the quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption among career firefighters and the covariates that influence consumption levels. METHODS A convenience sample of career firefighters completed an online, self-administered, health assessment survey. Hierarchical binary logistic regression asse...

For many university students, alcohol use is as much a part of the campus experience as studying for examinations or attending campus sporting events. Parenting styles have been found to influence alcohol use prior to college. This study focuses on the role of parenting styles on students’ high school and college drinking patterns. Participants were 376 undergraduates who were categorized into ...

BACKGROUND Binge drinking, commonly defined as having more than five drinks on a single occasion, is a public health issue affecting two thirds of Canadian young adults between the ages of 19-24 years. To educate young adults about alcohol poisoning, a network of 16 Ontario Health Units developed and implemented a mass-media campaign. The focus of this article is to report on post-secondary stu...

Some scholars assert that a hookup culture exists on college campuses and that individuals who attend college are socialized into a hookup script. This study examines hooking up among first-semester college men (N = 158), with specific attention to precollege heavy episodic drinking (i.e., binge drinking) and precollege hookup experience. We found that freshman men begin a pattern of hooking up...

BACKGROUND There are controversies on the role of alcohol in lung cancer but no studies have examined the role of alcohol consumption patterns. We examined the association between binge drinking and lung cancer. METHODS Prospective population based study of 2267 middle aged men from Finland without a history of lung cancer at baseline. RESULTS There were 65 cases of lung cancer during an av...

BACKGROUND Underage alcohol use is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in adolescents and young adults. This study examined drinking levels and ensuing problems among college students and factors associated with binge drinking. METHOD The Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study conducted a self-administered survey. The participants include a random sample of 7061 stud...

BACKGROUND Deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD), including coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke are expected to increase in Latin America. Moderate and regular alcohol consumption confers cardiovascular protection, while binge drinking increases risk. We estimated the effects of alcohol use on the number of annual CHD and stroke deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Argent...