Alcohol use and trauma exposure among male and female veterans before, during, and after military service

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 615-624

  Kelley, Michelle L ^a   Runnals, Jennifer ^b,c,d   Pearson, Matthew R ^e   Miller, Marinell ^b,f   Fairbank, John A ^b,c,d   Brancu, Mira ^b,c,d  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA Mid Atlantic Region Mental Illness Research   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f Hampton VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol misuse; Depression; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VETERAN;

ALCOHOL MISUSE; DEPRESSION; PTSD; TRAUMA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887018465     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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