Objective: Binge drinking (also called heavy episodic drinking, risky single-occasion
drinking etc.) is a major public health problem. This paper provides an overview of recently …

Just as binge drinking rates differ for men and women, the predictors and consequences of
binge drinking vary by gender as well. This article examines these differences and how …

Background Although there is considerable support for the relationship between impulsivity
and alcohol use, the use of multidimensional conceptualizations of impulsivity and alcohol …

Background: Understanding factors associated with alcohol-related consequences is an
important area of research. Emotional functioning has been associated with alcohol-related …

The pattern of alcohol consumption in the form of binge drinking (BD) or heavy episodic
drinking has increased notably worldwide in recent years, especially among adolescent and …

The present article reviews three key issues regarding the emerging adult life stage—the
ways in which emerging adulthood represents a key turning point in the life span (and the …

Background Adolescent risk behaviours such as smoking, alcohol use and antisocial
behaviour are associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Patterns of risk …

Impulse control is becoming a critical survival skill for the twenty-first century. Impulsivity is
implicated in virtually all externalizing behaviours and disorders, and figures prominently in …

Alcohol is the substance most frequently abused by children and adolescents in the United
States, and its use is associated with the leading causes of death and serious injury at this …

Substance use disorder develops from complex interactions between socio-environmental
and neurobiological factors. A neurocognitive model of addiction, the triadic model …