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Alcohol and strokes in young adults

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.1.116

Current drinking, alcoholic binges, and a history of alcohol intoxication differentiated young stroke patients from older stroke patients and young medical control subjects. Acute heavy alcohol consumption may be an important element in the development of strokes among young adults.

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