A new study led by the University of Leicester has demonstrated that consuming alcohol did not affect how men judged the age of women. This has important legal implications if alcohol is cited as a cause of impairing judgement in cases of unlawful sex with a minor. [continue reading…]

For drinkers concerned that their alcohol use might be spiraling out of control, a personalized self-help program can curb dangerous drinking habits in just a single session, a new review finds.”At colleges, a lot of attention is paid to problematic drinking, but the effectiveness of interventions is low,” said Heleen Riper, Ph.D., senior researcher at the Trimbos Institute in Utrecht, the Netherlands. [continue reading…]

People with a stable psychosocial life situation often delay in seeking help for their alcohol problems – even though they are serious. This is revealed in a new thesis from the University of Gothenburg.

– Working actively to intervene at an early stage in order to prevent alcohol problems and to thereby promote public health is of great importance, says Kristina Berglund who is publicly defending her thesis at the Department of Psychology. It is also vital to be early in detecting those who have developed an alcohol problem but who have not yet sought treatment, i.e. those who have a ”hidden” alcohol problem.
The principal factors that appear to delay these individuals from seeking attention is precisely that that they have a stable psychosocial life situation and experience themselves as being mentally healthy. [continue reading…]