The use of alcohol and drugs to self-medicate symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 731-736

  Leeies, Murdoch ^a   Pagura, Jina ^a   Sareen, Jitender ^a   Bolton, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Epidemiology; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Self medication; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG USE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF MEDICATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956810339     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20677     Document Type: Article

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