Edwin Musinguzi Ayebale2024-12-132024-12-132024-09-27https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12311/2530The researched is focused on the “Effects of Alcohol Consumption on the Mental Health of the Youth Admitted in Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital.” The study population for this research were the youth under treatment for mental challenges due alcohol consumption at Butabika. The general objective was “To assess the effects of alcohol consumption on the mental health of the youth admitted in Butabika Hospital.” The specific objectives were “To find out the social support available for the youth who abuse alcohol, to find out the types of alcohol abused by the youth in Butabika Hospital and to find out the mental health conditions caused by alcohol consumption among the youth at Butabika hospital.” Under the literature review the researcher found three categories of social support for the youth at Butabika hospital which were the Embeddness Social Support, Perceived Social Support and the Enacted Social Support. The researcher used a qualitative research design where the interview was the method of data collection. Then the interview guides were the data collection tools used by the researcher. The sources of information were the psychiatrists, adolescent patients and the secondary data was also used sources of information making a total of 15 research participants. The findings. The researcher found out that the Social Workers are key sources of support and the psychiatrist clinical officers. The counselling sessions provided healing therapy to the youths and reduced alcohol consumption among the youths were found out by the researcher. The researcher also found out that the youths drink so much of kitoko, vodica, leading waragi and siminorf as they are the most accessible types of alcohol.enDissertation