Traumatic event exposure, posttraumatic stress, and substance use among youth: A critical review of the empirical literature

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 228-254

  Blumenthal, Heidemarie ^a   Blanchard, Leslie ^a   Feldner, Matthew T ^a   Babson, Kimberly A ^a   Leen Feldner, Ellen W ^a   Dixon, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

PTSD; Substance use; Trauma; Youth

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG; NICOTINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 65949090312     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340008786576562     Document Type: Article

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