Association between problematic alcohol use and reactivity to uncertain threat in two independent samples

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 89-96

  Gorka, Stephanie M ^a   Lieberman, Lynne ^a   Phan, K Luan ^a,b   Shankman, Stewart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Binge drinking; Startle potentiation; Uncertain threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; DEPRESSION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; GENETICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; BINGE DRINKING; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REFLEX, STARTLE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEMPERANCE; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965130881     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.04.034     Document Type: Article

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