Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
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Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol · Jul 2008
Comparative StudyAlcohol use prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of alcohol use in a university student sample in Turkey.
This study is a survey to determine prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of drinking problems among students from five university centres in Turkey. ⋯ Drinking problems among university students in Turkey are more prevalent when compared with prevalence rates shown in other surveys in Turkey. Alternative ways of socialization should be provided for the university youth in order to prevent alcohol use problems in the future.