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Perceptions of and attitudes to alcohol use among Pakistani medical students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Nazish Imran ,
Imran Ijaz Haider ,
Atif Sohail ,
Mohsan Zafar  and
Muhammad Riaz Bhatti
Nazish Imran
Affiliation:
Child and Family Psychiatry Department, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan. E-mail nazishimran@hotmail.com
Imran Ijaz Haider
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Fatima Memorial College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore
Atif Sohail
Affiliation:
Child and Family Psychiatry Department, King Edward Medical University, Lahore
Mohsan Zafar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Fatima Memorial College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore
Muhammad Riaz Bhatti
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, King Edward Medical University, Lahore
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Abstract

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Studies worldwide have reported alarming rates of alcohol misuse among medical students (Webb et al, 1996; Kuo et al, 2002; Akvadar et al, 2004). These reports are surprising as well as of extreme concern, as medical professionals are supposedly more educated on the harmful effects of excessive alcohol consumption. The majority of studies exploring the knowledge and attitudes of medical students regarding alcohol have been from the USA and the UK, with only few from lower-income countries and the Islamic world (Kumar & Basu, 2000; Akvadar et al, 2004).

Type
Thematic Paper — Alcohol Misuse by the Young
Information
International Psychiatry , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , October 2010 , pp. 82 - 83
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010

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