What is the association between traumatic life events and alcohol abuse/dependence in people with and without PTSD? Findings from a nationally representative sample

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 632-638

  Fetzner, Mathew G ^a   McMillan, Katherine A ^a   Sareen, Jitendar ^b   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

alcohol use disorders; posttraumatic stress disorder; traumatic events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; ASSAULT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FLOODING; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; REVIEW; TERRORISM; TORNADO; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960959951     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20852     Document Type: Review

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