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

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

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.015

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Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 278-281, 30 December 2009

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

Lara A. Ray
- University of California Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, 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.
Christy Capone
- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
Erin Sheets
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, United States
Diane Young
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, United States
Iwona Chelminski
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, United States
Mark Zimmerman
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, United States

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.