Race-specific associations between trauma cognitions and symptoms of alcohol dependence in individuals with comorbid PTSD and alcohol dependence

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-52

  Williams, Monnica ^a   Jayawickreme, Nuwan ^a   Sposato, Rosanna ^b   Foa, Edna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Alcohol dependence; Dual diagnosis; Ethnic differences cognitions; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEXUAL CRIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMA COGNITION; WAR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOLISM; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 80054771068     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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