Dr. Megan Moreno, the study's lead author and a pediatrician, said she often talks with teenage patients and parents who are worried about college students they know who post status updates on Facebook about drinking.
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Drunken Students Who Post Facebook Photos Could Be at Risk, Study Says
College students who post the details of their drunken nights on Facebook can end up with a few problems on their hands – embarrassment, regret or explanations to mom and dad. But a new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests those Facebook postings may also signal that a student is at clinical risk of having a drinking problem.
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"Is at clinical risk of having a drinking problem" That does not sound clinical to me. What deems you as having a drinking problem? Drinking and then posting it Facebook? This is just to scare parents of young immature kids to lurk facebook.
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