Binge drinking and depressive symptoms: a 5-year population-based cohort study

Addiction Volume 104 Issue 7, Pages 1168 - 1178

This study supports the hypothesis that heavy drinking, and in particular a binge pattern involving intoxications, hangovers or pass-outs, produces depressive symptoms in the general population. The frequency of hangovers was the best predictor for depressive symptoms.

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