title: Communication, social support and alcohol use in first-year medical students.
abstract: Increased communication from significant others and perceived interpersonal support correlated with reduced student drinking during the first 12 weeks of medical school. Writing brief essays on any subject of personal interest which were read, annotated and quickly returned by a faculty member correlated with reduced student drinking during the final 12 weeks of the first year.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*