Posttraumatic stress disorder and drug disorders: Testing causal pathways

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 913-917

  Chilcoat, Howard D ^a   Breslau, Naomi ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; COCAINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; HYDROMORPHONE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; METHAQUALONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PERCODAN; PETHIDINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SECOBARBITAL; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SELF MEDICATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031687188     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.10.913     Document Type: Article

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