MAGNITUDE OF ALCOHOL-RELATED MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY AMONG U.S. COLLEGE STUDENTS AGES 18–24: Changes from 1998 to 2001
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Greater enforcement of the legal drinking age of 21 and zero tolerance laws, increases in alcohol taxes, and wider implementation of screening and counseling programs and comprehensive community interventions can reduce college drinking and associated harm to students and others.Citations
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Mental health of college students and their non-college-attending peers: results from the National Epidemiologic Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions.
Carlos Blanco,Mayumi Okuda,Crystal Wright,Deborah S. Hasin,B.F. Grant,Shang-Min Liu,Mark Olfson +6 more
TL;DR: Although treatment rates varied across disorders, overall fewer than 25% of individuals with a mental disorder sought treatment in the year prior to the survey, underscore the importance of treatment and prevention interventions among college-aged individuals.
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Magnitude of and trends in alcohol-related mortality and morbidity among U.S. college students ages 18-24, 1998-2005
TL;DR: The persistence of college drinking problems underscores an urgent need to implement prevention and counseling approaches identified through research to reduce alcohol-related harms among college students and other young adults.
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Integration of impulsivity and positive mood to predict risky behavior: Development and validation of a measure of positive urgency.
Melissa A. Cyders,Gregory T. Smith,Nichea S. Spillane,Sarah Fischer,Agnes M. Annus,Claire M. Peterson +5 more
TL;DR: The authors confirmed the hypothesis that positive urgency differentiated alcoholics from both eating-disordered and control individuals and explained variance in risky behavior not explained by measures of other impulsivity-like constructs.
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Individual-level interventions to reduce college student drinking: a meta-analytic review.
TL;DR: Moderator analyses suggest that individual, face-to-face interventions using motivational interviewing and personalized normative feedback predict greater reductions in alcohol-related problems.
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Are social norms the best predictor of outcomes among heavy-drinking college students?
TL;DR: The results of this study substantiate social norms as being among the best predictors of alcohol consumption in this population and suggest that drinking to cope is a better predictor of problems.
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Health and Behavioral Consequences of Binge Drinking in College: A National Survey of Students at 140 Campuses
TL;DR: Binge drinking is widespread on college campuses and programs aimed at reducing this problem should focus on frequent binge drinkers, refer them to treatment or educational programs, and emphasize the harm they cause for students who are not binge drinkers.
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Trends in College Binge Drinking during a Period of Increased Prevention Efforts. Findings from 4 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study Surveys: 1933-2001.
TL;DR: The percentages of abstainers and frequent binge drinkers increased, a polarization of drinking behavior first noted in 1997, and a sharp rise in frequent binge drinking was noted among students attending all-women's colleges.
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Trends in College Binge Drinking During a Period of Increased Prevention Efforts: Findings from 4 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study Surveys: 1993–2001
TL;DR: The 2001 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study surveyed students at 119 4-year colleges that participated in the 1993, 1997, and 1999 studies as discussed by the authors to determine trends in heavy alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, and encounters with college and community prevention efforts.
College Binge Drinking in the 1990s: A Continuing Problem
TL;DR: The continuing high level of binge drinking is discussed in the context of the heightened attention and increased actions at colleges and it may take more time for interventions to take effect.