ALCOHOL ABUSE, DRINKING BEHAVIOURS AND PARTICULARITIES AMONG YOUNG PATIENTS
Abstract:
Alcohol is considered the most common and widespread drug around the world, with an
alarmingly high prevalence among young patients. According to Centres for Disease Control and
Prevention, more than 80% of alcohol-attributable deaths involved adults aged 35 or older,
consuming large amounts of alcohol leading to death causes such as poisoning, suicide and car
accidents. It is known that drinking patterns and behaviours are affected by a number of factors
including demographic, socio-cultural, economic and psychological factors. In our study, we aimed to
describe drinking particularities such as prevalence, patterns and possible consequences of abusive
drinking regarding young patients. The presence of addictive behaviours, the quantitative and
qualitative modification of the cognitive, affective-instinctual, volitional and moral functions have
serious organic and psychic repercussions on the individual in question. The faster the abusive
consumption of ethanol is discovered and treated, the greater the chance that the young person will
regain his personal, social and professional integrity.
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