Comorbidity of Substance Use and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in a Community Sample of Adolescents

A study of 384 18-year-old adolescents living in the community demonstrated a frequent co-occurrence of substance use disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder. Multiple pathways appeared to lead to this comorbidity, which was associated with widespread psychological impairment that might have se...

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Published in:	American journal of orthopsychiatry Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 253 - 262
Main Authors:	Giaconia, Rose M, Reinherz, Helen Z, Hauf, Amy Carmola, Paradis, Angela D, Wasserman, Michelle S, Langhammer, Denise M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc 01-04-2000 Blackwell Publishing Ltd American Orthopsychiatric Association Educational Publishing Foundation American Psychological Association
Subjects:	Addictive behaviors Adolescent Adolescent Development Adolescents Adult and adolescent clinical studies Alcohol use Anxiety disorders. Neuroses Biological and medical sciences Clinical psychology Communities Comorbidity Drug Abuse Female Human Humans Life Change Events Male Medical sciences Mental stress Miscellaneous Morbidity Narcotics Personality Development Post traumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Psychiatry Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Risk Factors Samples Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology Substance Abuse Substance Use Disorder Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology Substance-Related Disorders - psychology Suicide, Attempted - psychology Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data Teenagers Trauma Young people United States North America America Human Consumption Social environment Posttraumatic syndrome Prevalence Illicit drug Anxiety disorder Mental health Social adjustment Epidemiology Stress Alcoholic beverage Concomitant disease Follow up study Adolescent Community Public health
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Summary:	A study of 384 18-year-old adolescents living in the community demonstrated a frequent co-occurrence of substance use disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder. Multiple pathways appeared to lead to this comorbidity, which was associated with widespread psychological impairment that might have serious developmental consequences. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
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ISSN:	0002-9432 1939-0025
DOI:	10.1037/h0087634