An estimated 77% of Americans are engaging in addictive behaviors to cope with mental health issues — often in spite of efforts to find effective clinical therapies.
, conducted by Myriad Genetics in Salt Lake City, Utah, counted several potentially high-risk behaviors among those used to cope with anxiety and depression, including alcohol use, drug use, gambling, food consumption, binge-watching media, over-sleeping, excessive exercise and partying.
And nearly all those surveyed — 94% — agree that these addictions could also be covering up underlying mental health issues. For example, 77% of respondents diagnosed with depression or anxiety agreed that drinking alcohol solo is an addictive and unhealthy coping behavior, despite the fact that 41% of them keep up the unhealthy habit, while just a quarter of those who heavily drink alone acknowledged that they might have a problem.
Many view behaviors such as alcohol use, marijuana use, drug use, gambling, food consumption, sleeping, exercise, digital behavior, binge watching TV or movies, clubbing or partying as addictive or unhealthy, but still confess to using them.More than half of depression or anxiety patients, 58%, who were told they have a problem believe that proper mental health treatment helped alleviate any concerns about addiction.
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