Posttraumatic stress disorder with and without alcohol use disorders: diagnostic and clinical correlates in a psychiatric sample

Lara A Ray; Christy Capone; Erin Sheets; Diane Young; Iwona Chelminski; Mark Zimmerman

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.015

Posttraumatic stress disorder with and without alcohol use disorders: diagnostic and clinical correlates in a psychiatric sample

Psychiatry Res. 2009 Dec 30;170(2-3):278-81. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.015. Epub 2009 Nov 8.

Authors

Lara A Ray¹, Christy Capone, Erin Sheets, Diane Young, Iwona Chelminski, Mark Zimmerman

Affiliation

¹ University of California Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, USA. [email protected]

Abstract

This study compared outpatients (n=196) with PTSD versus PTSD+alcohol use disorders (AUD) on clinical measures. PTSD+AUD patients were more likely to meet criteria for Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorders. Emotion dysregulation may help account for the relationship between PTSD and AUD.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Alcohol-Related Disorders / complications*
Alcohol-Related Disorders / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Severity of Illness Index
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / complications*
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / diagnosis*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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