Prevention of College Student Drinking Problems

Abstract

(from the chapter) In an effort to turn the latest peak of media attention on college drinking into something positive, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) formed a Task Force on College Drinking that reviewed the relevant epidemiological and prevention research, commissioned 18 review papers on specific areas of research and issued a report and recommendations for research and prevention strategies based on those reviews and the task force's deliberations (NIAAA, 2002). In this chapter, we will summarize and update the research that formed the basis of the task force report and that focused specifically on the prevention of college student drinking problems. We also provide some updated information on research that has been published since the task force report. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)