Posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder comorbidity in homeless adults: Prevalence, correlates, and sex differences

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 443-452

  Torchalla, Iris ^a,b   Strehlau, Verena ^a,b   Li, Kathy ^a   Linden, Isabelle Aube ^a   Noel, Francois ^c,d   Krausz, Michael ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR HEALTH EVALUATION AND OUTCOME SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Burnaby Health Unit   (Canada)

^d Clinique Cormier Lafontaine   (Canada)

Author keywords

concurrent disorders; homelessness; posttraumatic stress disorder; sex; substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DETENTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903269429     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033674     Document Type: Article

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