Citation

Bagiu I, Putnoky S, Tuţă-Sas I, Miloicov CB, Popa M, Vlaicu B, Bagiu R. Rev. Med. Chir. Soc. Med. Nat. Iasi 2015; 119(4): 1106-1112.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti)

DOI

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PMID

26793856

Abstract

AIM: The research investigated the feeling of sadness, suicidal thoughts and plans associated with binge drinking among students in Timis County, Romania. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We applied a transversal population study to the representative sample of 2076 students, 62.49% girls and 37.51% boys with a mean age of 21.09 years with SD 1.48.

RESULTS: The boys practice binge drinking significantly more often than girls, the difference is small to medium: prevalence of 22.1% for boys and 8.7% girls, 1-2 times in the last month.

CONCLUSIONS: Only girls who practice this behavior, increased frequency of engaging in binge drinking is associated with feelings of sadness, suicidal thoughts and suicide plans in a small measure, but significant.

Language: en