Alcohol use disorders and the use of treatment services among college-age young adults.

Wu, Li-Tzy

Pilowsky, Daniel J

Schlenger, William E

Hasin, Deborah

2020-02-03T06:13:49Z

2020-02-03T06:13:49Z

2007-02

2020-02-03T06:13:48Z

OBJECTIVES:This study examined the utilization of and the perceived need for alcohol treatment services among college-age young adults (18-22 years) according to their educational status: full-time college students, part-time college students, noncollege students (currently in school with the highest grade level below college), and nonstudents (N=11,337). This breakdown of young adults had not been addressed previously. METHODS:Secondary analyses were conducted on data from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. RESULTS:Full-time college students (21%) were as likely to have an alcohol use disorder as nonstudents (19%), but were more likely than part-time college students (15%) and noncollege students (12%). Only 4% of full-time college students with an alcohol use disorder received any alcohol services in the past year. Of those with an alcohol use disorder who did not receive treatment services, only 2% of full-time college students, close to 1% of part-time college students, and approximately 3% of young adults who were not in college reported a perceived need for alcohol treatment. Full-time college students were less likely than noncollege students to receive treatment for alcohol use disorders. All young adults with an alcohol use disorder were very unlikely to perceive a need for alcohol treatment or counseling. CONCLUSIONS:College-age adults have a high prevalence of alcohol use disorders, yet they are very unlikely to receive alcohol treatment or early intervention services or to perceive a need for such services. Underutilization of alcohol-related services among college-age young adults deserves greater research attention.

58/2/192

1075-2730

1557-9700

https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20021

eng

American Psychiatric Association Publishing

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)

10.1176/appi.ps.58.2.192

Humans

Alcoholism

Health Surveys

Incidence

Cross-Sectional Studies

Attitude to Health

Community Mental Health Services

Reference Values

Socioeconomic Factors

Students

Adolescent

Adult

Educational Status

Health Services Needs and Demand

Health Services Accessibility

Patient Acceptance of Health Care

United States

Female

Male

Alcohol use disorders and the use of treatment services among college-age young adults.

Journal article

Wu, Li-Tzy|0000-0002-5909-2259

192

200

2

School of Medicine

Duke

Center for Child and Family Policy

Sanford School of Public Policy

Duke Clinical Research Institute

Institutes and Centers

Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

University Institutes and Centers

Institutes and Provost's Academic Units

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Social and Community Psychiatry

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Clinical Science Departments

Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Medicine

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