title: Alcohol misuse and posttraumatic stress disorder: a response to Lacoursiere and Coyne.
abstract: The criticisms in Lacoursiere and Coyne's comment are refuted point by point. The criticisms of Roy's statistical methods are judged irrelevant because statistical significance related to what was only a tangential issue in Roy's study. The clinical implications of the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol misuse are also discussed.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications*; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D014729:Veterans Disability Claims; D014744:Vietnam