Ablackoutis also known as fainting or by the medical term syncope but can also apply to a period of time when a person cannot recall anything like during excessive alcohol consumption (alcohol blackouts). Fainting or syncope is where there is a loss of consciousness as a result of disturbance...
In a given week, 52.6% to 70.7% of the students consumed alcohol, and among women who drank in a given week, the prevalence of blackouts ranged from 8.5% to 14.6%. The results suggest that changes in motivational levels might provide a possible intervention point for ARBs risk.Rose Marie...
Researchers looked at 183 young adults -- 97 women and 86 men who were around the age of 23 -- from three different higher-education institutions in Switzerland. They were asked to report their drinking locations and alcohol consumption at six different times from 5 p.m. in the evening to ...
Results indicate that the relative risk of short-term memory loss while drinking is significantly associated with increased alcohol consumption, age of drinking onset, the number of alcoholic relatives, and, principally, with the individual's capacity to control drinking behavior. It is concluded that...
Design Longitudinal study in which data from six annual surveys of a longitudinal cohort of Australian adolescents were used to model latent class growth trajectories of blackouts, adjusting for alcohol consumption frequency and typical quantity. Regression models were used to determine whether parent, ...
Binge AlcoholBackgroundBinge alcohol consumption is associated with multiple neurobiological consequences, including altered neurophysiology, brain structure, and functional activation. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) studies have demonstrated neurochemical alterations in the frontal lobe of alcohol users, ...