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As in other European countries, alcohol consumption in the Czech and Slovak Republics is a common aspect of everyday life. But alcohol not only has a soothing and relaxing effect, it also causes suffering and many problems. This self-evident fact was not fully recognized in the past because the Czechoslovak communist regime either denied the existence of alcohol-related problems or underplayed their significance.
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Bútora, M. (1995). Alcoholism in the Czech and Slovak Republics in the Last 30 Years. In: Price, R.K., Shea, B.M., Mookherjee, H.N. (eds) Social Psychiatry across Cultures. Topics in Social Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0632-8_3
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