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Psychological Distress and Problem Drinking

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  • Emmanouil Mentzakis
  • Bayard Roberts
  • Marc Suhrcke
  • Martin McKee

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We examine the influence of harmful alcohol use on mental health using a flexible two‐step instrumental variables approach and household survey data from nine countries of the former Soviet Union. Using alcohol advertisements to instrument for alcohol, we show that problem drinking has a large detrimental effect on psychological distress, with problem drinkers exhibiting a 42% increase in the number of mental health problems reported and a 15% higher chance of reporting very poor mental health. Ignoring endogeneity leads to an underestimation of the damaging effect of excessive drinking. Findings suggest that more effective alcohol polices and treatment services in the former Soviet Union may have added benefits in terms of reducing poor mental health. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Emmanouil Mentzakis & Bayard Roberts & Marc Suhrcke & Martin McKee, 2016. "Psychological Distress and Problem Drinking," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(3), pages 337-356, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:25:y:2016:i:3:p:337-356
    DOI: 10.1002/hec.3143
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