Men Are More Likely Than Women To Crave Alcohol When They Feel Negative Emotions
Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 19:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Women and men tend to have different types of stress-related psychological disorders. Women have greater rates of depression and some types of anxiety disorders than men, while men have greater rates of alcohol-use disorders than women. A new study of emotional and alcohol-craving responses to stress has found that when men become upset, they are more likely than women to want alcohol.
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