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"heavy episodic drinking" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use the phrase to refer to periods of excessive drinking over a short period of time, such as binge drinking. For example, "The consequences of heavy episodic drinking can be severe if left unchecked."
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All 12 studies used a self-administered computerized screener that assessed quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption and heavy episodic drinking (HED) episodes.
Heavy drinking among university students is a global phenomenon, and Swedish students drink heavily, with heavy episodic drinking normative.
c For the KAPS 2009, heavy episodic drinking was 4 or more drinks in a single occasion.
Heavy episodic drinking is defined as the consumption of six standard drinks or more on a single occasion.
Heavy episodic drinking is increasingly common among undergraduate women.
Nonetheless, surprisingly little is known about whether depressive symptoms are an antecedent of heavy episodic drinking, a consequence of heavy episodic drinking, or both.
Consistent with hypotheses, both depressive symptoms and heavy episodic drinking were temporally stable, and depressive symptoms predicted changes in heavy episodic drinking over 1 week.
The WHO report says 24.5% of American drinkers engage in bouts of heavy episodic drinking.
Contrary to hypotheses, heavy episodic drinking did not predict changes in depressive symptoms over 1 week.
Intention and behavioural prepotency directly predicted heavy episodic drinking (p < 0.01).
Cross-sectional research suggests that depressive symptoms and heavy episodic drinking are related.
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