The Effect of Anxiety Sensitivity on Alcohol Consumption Among Individuals With Comorbid Alcohol Dependence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 721-726

  Gillihan, Seth J ^a   Farris, Samantha G ^a   Foa, Edna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Anxiety sensitivity; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PTSD SYMPTOM SCALE INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 83755219529     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023799     Document Type: Article

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