The casual mimosa at Sunday brunch or celebratory champagne toast might seem harmless, but when alcohol consumption shifts from occasional morning indulgences to regular pre-noon drinking patterns, it ...

Social drinking can sit on the slippery slope to alcoholism. People - and culture - can sometimes intertwine solitary drinkers with addiction. However, alcoholism often starts out when drinking among ...

A person's ability to hold on to positive emotions seems to reduce the risk of problems after drinking, independent of how much alcohol is consumed. A study of college students published in Alcohol: ...

Proposed changes to the psychiatric profession’s diagnostic manual, the DSM-5, have caused a recent uproar, with critics worried that the new label of “alcohol abuse disorder” will overdiagnose young ...

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 ...