Network approach to the symptom-level association between alcohol use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 329-339

  Afzali, Mohammad H ^a   Sunderland, Matthew ^a   Batterham, Philip J ^b   Carragher, Natacha ^c   Calear, Alison ^b   Slade, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Comorbidity; Network; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007154886     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-016-1331-3     Document Type: Article

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