Psychological Trauma and Substance Abuse: The Need for an Integrated Approach

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 202-213

  Dass Brailsford, Priscilla ^a   Myrick, Amie C ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bon Secours Baltimore Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol and drugs; PTSD; violence exposure; with Hx of abuse

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); HUMANS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77956401250     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838010381252     Document Type: Article

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