For years, alcohol helped quiet the anxiety tied to my bipolar disorder. When I finally got the right medication, the desire to drink vanished. Anxiety is usually a big part of bipolar disorder, and ...

There are ways to broach the topic successfully — it’s all about time, place and tone. By Emily Schmall The holidays are a time of excess. Too much food. Too much drink. And sometimes an alcohol ...

A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine showed something alarming about people who binge on alcohol. And notably, the study subjects were all over 30, so not the spring ...

Clinical hypnosis has shown to be effective in the treatment of pain, anxiety, stress, cancer treatment side effects, phobias and habit control problems, such as smoking and weight control, according ...

Researchers came to Dr. Chris Knowles’ school in England when he was 18 years old to run an experiment. They wanted to see which novice drinkers responded the most to alcohol and who would later go on ...

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, one-fifth of individuals who suffer from social anxiety also wrestle with problem drinking. At first glance, the two conditions may seem ...