Naslov
Post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder

Autori
Rončević-Gržeta, Ika ; Moro, Ljiljana ; Frančišković, Tanja ; Ružić, Tina ; Smokvina, Bojana ; Nikolić, Nebojša

Izvornik
Primary Care Psychiarty (1355-2570) 8 (2002), 2; 55-61

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
post-traumatic stress disorder; alcohol use disorder; veterans

Sažetak
Our clinical observations along with data in the literature have shown an increased incidence of alcohol use disorder in persons who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. In this work we examined alcohol use disorder in war veterans who were suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (group 1) (n=52) and compared them with veterans who were traumatized but who had not developed a clinical picture of post-traumatic stress disorder (group 2) (n=29) and a sample from the general population (group 3) (n=30). The objective of this work was to establish the cluster symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder that are related to alcohol use disorder and connected with depression. All of the respondents were males. The methods used were structured clinical interviews for the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders axis I disorders for addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder and Beck's scale for depression. The results obtained showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the incidence of alcohol use disorders between traumatized patients who had and those who had not developed post-traumatic stress disorder, but there was a significant statistical differencefor both groups 1 and 2 in relation to the control group. The variables that correlated positively with alcohol use disorder were the cluster symptoms of re-experiencing and the arousal symptom of the traumatized group and there was also increased depression in both groups examined (groups 1 and 2).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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