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Co-occurring conditions with anxiety disorders - 2: Social anxiety disorder and alcohol addiction

Co-occurring conditions with anxiety disorders – 2: Social anxiety disorder and alcohol addiction

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Social anxiety is a disorder that affects how people feel or deal with the social situations. Commonly known as social phobia, people with this disorder are afflicted by excessive and irrational anxiety or fear in certain social situations or during interactions with other people. Besides seriously affecting one’s personality and general life skills by triggering increased self-consciousness and nervousness, social anxiety can lead to agoraphobia, depression or other mental illnesses, when left untreated. Read more

Underage drinking may lead to mental problems in adulthood

Underage drinking may lead to mental problems in adulthood

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It is unfortunate that in the United States, where drinking under 21 years is illegal, people between 12 and 20 years consume 11 percent of alcohol consumed in the country, with binge drinkers consuming 90 percent of it. Read more

Common co-occurring disorders: Alcohol addiction and depression

Common co-occurring disorders: Alcohol addiction and depression

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Many people take help or surrender to alcohol when sad or disheartened. This is because getting drunk helps them to vent out their subdued feelings or forget their sorrows. Hence, people going through low points such as breakups, job loss or immense stress resume to alcohol to cope with their situations. While such a tendency does not always cause alcoholism, however, dependency on alcohol to fight sadness can be a hint of alcohol abuse. Read more

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