The Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Addiction Treatment Patients with Cocaine Use Disorders

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-50

  Saunders, Elizabeth C ^a   Lambert Harris, Chantal ^b   McGovern, Mark P ^b   Meier, Andrea ^b   Xie, Haiyi ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cocaine use disorders; gender; posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADDICTION SEVERITY INDEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTSD CHECKLIST CIVILIAN VERSION; SUBSTANCE USE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; VERMONT;

EID: 84924215261     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2014.977501     Document Type: Article

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