Alcohol Abuse Is a Symptom, Not a DefenseCOURTLAND MILLOY
But while winemakers worldwide celebrated that news, more sober research has suggested that any alcohol — whether Lafite Rothschild, a banana daiquiri or a cold Bud — pretty much has the same nice, relaxing effect. So while a little wine is apt to do you good, the French aren’t so ...
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The recovery process of a 37-year-old woman with adult onset posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is presented. The patient had suffered childhood sexual abuse and had self-medicated for many years with drugs and alcohol to maintain the dissociation of memories of abuse and to facilitate interpers...
The association between psychiatric symptom clusters (PSCs) and DSM-IV alcohol use disorders (AUDs) among adolescents is not well understood. Methods This study draws upon the public-use data from the 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, including a study sample of 19,430 respondents ...
Alcohol and drug abuse are common in patients with somatic symptom disorders. Patients may attempt to treat their somatic pain with alcohol or other drugs. Additionally, alcohol or drug intoxication or withdrawal may induce somatic symptoms of unclear etiology, unless the physician considers the potent...
Warren Foundation; grants 1UH2TR000960-01 and 5ULTR000142-08 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science; the Department of Veterans Affairs (National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder); grants P50AA12870 and M01RR00125 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol...
"I'm shaky, jumpy, and anxious today. I'm really afraid of how I'll feel tomorrow as I can't miss work, but I know I have to do this. I can't imagine that I won't have a bad withdrawal, given the high volume of alcohol I've been consuming on a daily basis." Moderate Sy...
Moreover, how best to classify PTSD symptoms remains a topic of controversy. The present study tested competing models of PTSD dimensions and then assessed which were most strongly associated with social/occupational impairment, depression, and alcohol abuse. World Trade Center responders (n=954) ...