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College students at no greater risk of alcohol-related problems than peers

ren't more likely to be diagnosed with alcohol dependence.

"The results of this study provide a more encouraging message about the consequences of college drinking than many of the recent reports--although college students suffer from some clinically significant consequences of their heavy/binge drinking, they do not appear to be at greater risk than their non-college attending peers for the more pervasive syndrome of problems that is characteristic of alcohol dependence," the authors write.

(Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005; 62: 321 327. Available post-embargo at www.archgenpsychiatry.com)

Editor's Note: Preparation of this article was supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health. The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse was sponsored by the Office of Applied Studies within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and was conducted by Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, N.C.


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