Depression, posttraumatic stress, and alcohol misuse in young adult veterans: The transdiagnostic role of distress tolerance

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 161, Issue , 2016, Pages 348-355

  Brooks Holliday, Stephanie ^a   Pedersen, Eric R ^a   Leventhal, Adam M ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol misuse; Depression; Distress tolerance; Mediation; PTSD; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC ROLE; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; COMPLICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959286288     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.02.030     Document Type: Article

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