PTSD symptom clusters in relationship to alcohol misuse among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans seeking post-deployment VA health care

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 840-843

  Jakupcak, Matthew ^a,b   Tull, Matthew T ^c   McDermott, Michael J ^d   Kaysen, Debra ^b   Hunt, Stephen ^a   Simpson, Tracy ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol misuse; Depression; Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; VETERAN;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77953808746     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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