Binge Drinking, Smoking, Illegal Drug Use May Be Used To Cope With Depression And Anxiety

Poor mental health leads to unhealthy behaviors in low-income adults - not the other way around, according to a new study¹ by Dr. Jennifer Walsh and colleagues from the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at The Miriam Hospital in the US. In this study, stress and anxiety predicted subsequent health-compromising behaviors, such as smoking, binge drinking, illegal drug use, unprotected sex and unhealthy diets. One possible explanation for these findings is that health compromising behaviors may be used as coping mechanisms to manage the effects of stress and anxiety... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..