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

Received 11 March 2008; received in revised form 7 October 2008; accepted 23 October 2008.

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.

Keywords: PTSD, Alcohol use disorders, Personality disorders

a University of California Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, United States

b Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States

c Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, United States

Corresponding author. Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, United States. Tel.: +1 310 794 5383; fax: +1 310 310 207 5895.

PII: S0165-1781(08)00381-8

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.015

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