Coincident posttraumatic stress disorder and depression predict alcohol abuse during and after deployment among Army National Guard soldiers

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-199

  Marshall, Brandon D L ^a,f   Prescott, Marta R ^a   Liberzon, Israel ^b,c   Tamburrino, Marijo B ^d   Calabrese, Joseph R ^e   Galea, Sandro ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Depression; Military medicine; Psychiatry; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84864002097     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.12.027     Document Type: Article

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