Psychiatric News (5/19) reports, “Adolescents who prefer going to sleep later in the evening, are sleepy during the day, and sleep for shorter periods of time are more likely to participate in severe binge drinking the following year,” researchers concluded after using “data from six annual assessments from 801 participants enrolled in the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) study.” The findings were published online May 17 in the journal Alcoholism.
Related Links:
— “Poor Sleep Habits Linked to Binge Drinking Among Adolescents, Psychiatric News, May 19, 2022