About 4.3 million Thais are alcoholics, according to a survey conducted from 2008 to this year.
Of them, more than one million are between 15 and 25 years old. Moreover, up to 7.1 per cent of alcoholics have mental disorders.
"On average, there have been 20 hospitalisations relating to alcoholism with mental disorders each month," Dr Boonsiri Jansirimongkon from the Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry said Wednesday.
The Nation
