Substance use behaviors as a mediator between posttraumatic stress disorder and physical health in trauma-exposed college students

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 234-243

  Flood, Amanda M ^a,b   McDevitt Murphy, Meghan E ^a,c   Weathers, Frank W ^a   Eakin, David E ^a   Benson, Trisha A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Deployment Health Center   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Physical health status; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Substance use; Trauma exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SMOKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349220197     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-008-9195-y     Document Type: Article

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