Alcohol and Drug Abuse Among U.S. Veterans: Comparing Associations With Intimate Partner Substance Abuse and Veteran Psychopathology

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-76

  Miller, Mark W ^a,b   Reardon, Annemarie F ^a   Wolf, Erika J ^a,b   Prince, Lauren B ^a   Hein, Christina L ^a  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; COUPLES THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SPOUSES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84874019977     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21773     Document Type: Article

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