Childhood Anxiety Linked to Later Problems With Alcohol [psychcentral.com]

Alicia Doktor 4/3/1910:31 AM

New research has found evidence that children and adolescents with higher levels of anxiety may be at a greater risk of developing alcohol problems.

Many studies have investigated the relationship between anxiety and alcohol use, but the evidence has been unclear, say researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K.. Some studies found higher anxiety is linked to greater alcohol use, while others found anxiety is linked to lower alcohol use, or there was no association.

For their study, researchers at the university’s Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group carried out a systematic review of 51 prospective cohort studies from 11 countries: the United States, Germany, Finland, UK, Netherlands, Australia, Taiwan, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and Norway. The study sought to explore whether early anxiety is linked to later alcohol use and alcohol use disorders.

[For more on this story by Janice Wood, go to https://psychcentral.com/news/...-alcohol/144002.html]

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