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What We Have Learned From the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study: Focusing Attention on College Student Alcohol Consumption and the Environmental Conditions That Promote It
Wechsler H, Nelson TF.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2008; 69(4): 481-490.
(This article is posted with permission from Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc., the publisher of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs).

September 10, 2004
Reducing drinking and related harms in college: Evaluation of the "A Matter of Degree" program
Weitzman ER, Nelson TF, Lee H, Wechsler H.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2004;27(3).

April 9, 2004
Poor Mental Health, Depression, and Associations With Alcohol Consumption, Harm, and Abuse in a National Sample of Young Adults in College
Weitzman ER.
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2004; 192(4): 269-277.

March 15, 2004
Colleges Respond to Student Binge Drinking: Reducing Student Demand or Limiting Access
Wechsler H, Seibring M, Liu IC, Ahl M.
Journal of American College Health. 2004; 52(4): 159-168.

February 12, 2004
Correlates of Rape while Intoxicated in a National Sample of College Women
Mohler-Kuo M, Dowdall GW, Koss M, Wechsler H.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 2004; 65(1): 37-45.

January 7, 2004
Trends in Marijuana and Other Illicit Drug Use Among College Students: Results from 4 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study Surveys: 1993-2001
Mohler-Kuo M, Lee JE, Wechsler H.
Journal of American College Health. 2003; 52(1): 17-24.

January 6, 2004
Age of First Intoxication, Heavy Drinking, Driving after Drinking and Risk of Unintentional Injury Among U.S. College Students
Hingson R, Heeren T, Zakocs RC, Winter MR, Wechsler H.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 2003; 64(1): 23-31.

"The National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) adopted the 5/4 definition of binge drinking where a "binge" is a pattern of drinking alcohol that brings blood alcohol concentration to 0.08 gram percent or above. For the typical adult this pattern corresponds to consuming 5 or more drinks (male) or 4 or more drinks (female) in about 2 hours. The annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended changing its measure of binge drinking from a 5-drink standard to a gender-specific measure of 5 drinks for males and 4 drinks for females.”

Please visit the NIAAA web site for more information.

"A study by researchers at the NIAAA published in the June 2007 issue of the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence investigated whether American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) alcohol abuse and dependence and consumption criteria occurred along a continuum of severity. The study found that alcohol consumption was an integral component for determining the severity of alcohol use disorders. The researchers recommended incorporating alcohol consumption into future classifications of DSM alcohol use disorders and identified the 5/4 measure of alcohol consumption as a suitable criterion."