Characteristics and drinking patterns of veterans with alcohol dependence with and without post-traumatic stress disorder

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 374-378

  Fuehrlein, Brian ^a,b   Ralevski, Elizabeth ^a,b   O'Brien, Erin ^a,b   Jane, J Serrita ^a,b   Arias, Albert J ^a,b   Petrakis, Ismene L ^a,b  

^a VISN I Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Post traumatic stress disorder; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VETERAN; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLACEBO; PRAZOSIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTICUT; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MECAMYLAMINE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PLACEBOS; PRAZOSIN; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889091032     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.08.026     Document Type: Article

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