Recent study postulates that women who are binge drinkers are more prone to be clinically depressed than men with respect to moderate drinking.
The study was based on the quantity of alcohol being consumed for the previous week and the last year.
Whether a person is suffering from clinical depression or not was also focused in the study.
Professor Sharon Wilsnack, from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, said,
‘This pattern of associations is more consistent with women using alcohol to counteract depression – by high-quantity drinking and intoxication – than with chronic alcohol consumption tending to make women depressed. However, a vicious circle could possibly begin with drinking in response to depression.’
She further said that maybe the women are trying to medicate their mood with the help of alcohol.
However, some scholars are of the view that more work need to be done to reach a particular conclusion.
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