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

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

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

Lara A Ray et al. Psychiatry Res. .

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.

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