Gender differences in relationships among PTSD severity, drinking motives, and alcohol use in a comorbid alcohol dependence and PTSD sample

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-52

  Lehavot, Keren ^a   Stappenbeck, Cynthia A ^a   Luterek, Jane A ^a   Kaysen, Debra ^a   Simpson, Tracy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Drinking motives; Dual diagnosis; Gender differences; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84940268755     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032266     Document Type: Article

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