Childhood trauma among individuals with co-morbid substance use and post-traumatic stress disorder

Mental Health and Substance Use: Dual Diagnosis

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 314-326

  Farrugia, Philippa L ^a   Mills, Katherine L ^a   Barrett, Emma ^a   Back, Sudie E ^b   Teesson, Maree ^a   Baker, Amanda ^c   Sannibale, Claudia ^a   Hopwood, Sally ^d   Merz, Sabine ^a   Rosenfeld, Julia ^a   Brady, Kathleen T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

childhood trauma; co morbidity; post traumatic stress disorder; substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KIDNAPPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTER; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RAPE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SHOCK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THERAPY EFFECT; VICTIM; WITNESS;

EID: 80053531251     PISSN: 17523281     EISSN: 17523273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17523281.2011.598462     Document Type: Article

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