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This 3 page paper looks at alcohol use, with an emphasis on binge drinking, to find a relationship to depression. Some studies have shown that there is a relationship between drinking and depression but more research needs to be done. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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a definitive cause and effect relationship between alcohol and depression. In fact, it is unclear as to how varying behavioral expressions of abusive drinking may affect things such
as intimate relationships, self-esteem or depression (Lease 441). Of course, in the social sciences and even in medical science, it is difficult to find such relationships that are
not subject to dispute. Studies can only confirm suspicions to a degree but often it is the case that other studies can prove quite the opposite case. Nevertheless, there
is some evidence that binge drinking can actually induce depression and so, one can make the leap that depression is a consequence of excessive drinking for many teenagers. First,
what is binge drinking? Binge drinking is usually defined as consumption of five or more alcoholic drinks in a row for men, or four or more for women (Kowalksi 6).
Binge drinking and heavy drinking seems to be related to depression and while some studies differentiate findings by gender, it appears that both men and women can harbor depression and
indulge in alcohol. However, some studies have found that alcoholic women have internalized societys contempt and suffer from anxiety, guilt, and depression (Jersild B10). Men, suffer from such things
as well, but findings seem to suggest that women fare worse. Yet, other studies have suggested that men do not just drink for sociability or due to personality flaws. Rather,
men suffer from depression and drink to soothe it. Heavy drinking, or binge drinking, is one way that some depressed men act out, or manifest, their depression (Capraro
307). Another report is regarding Steven Kelders study that revealed that more than 5,700 students reported on depressive symptoms, recent smoking and binge drinking; in the same study, the percentage
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