title: Exposure to traumatic events among treatment-seeking, alcohol-dependent women and men without PTSD.
abstract: The authors examined lifetime exposure to a range of traumatic events in 106 abstinent, treatment-engaged (85% residential; 15% outpatient), alcohol-dependent women (n = 53) and men without current or lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder. Alcohol-dependent women reported greater severity of childhood trauma, but similar lifetime exposure to traumatic events compared with men. Alcohol-dependent women without cocaine abuse or TB (n = 10) reported greater severity of childhood trauma than women with (n = 43), and men with (n = 21) or without (n = 32) cocaine abuse or dependence. Results extend previously observed gender differences in trauma histories among alcohol-dependent adults and point to potential gender- and substance-specific drug co-addiction effects that may have been influenced by trauma exposure.
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237, USA.
authors.forename: Candace S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Jaimee L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Heffner
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Blom
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Anthenelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries
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