Awareness is Everything | Ask Well: Alcoholism & Depression
- Joan Frimmer
- Dec 6, 2017
- 1 min read
It’s important to be aware of the relationship between alcoholism and depression. Read the following article for some clarification.
Ask Well: Alcoholism & Depression
The New York Times | Karen Weintraub | September 25, 2015
Tony Ceincola - Photo compliments of the New York Times
Alcoholism is not a form of depression, but both are quite common, and there is plenty of overlap between the two. Depression makes people more vulnerable to alcoholism and vice versa, said Dr. Shelly Greenfield, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and director of McLean Hospital’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Clinical and Health Services Research Program.
About a third of depressed people also have a problem with alcohol...
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