Clinical challenges in the treatment of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 614-618

  Schäfer, Ingo ^a,b   Najavits, Lisa M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Substance use disorder; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DISULFIRAM; NALTREXONE; SERTRALINE;

ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADDICTION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148835243     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3282f0ffd9     Document Type: Review

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