Past year non-medical opioid use and abuse and PTSD diagnosis: Interactions with sex and associations with symptom clusters

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
7260300	Addictive Behaviors	2016	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Results add to the literature showing an association between PTSD and NMOU and suggest that PTSD is more strongly associated with substance use for women than men. Further, results based on individual symptom clusters suggest that men and women with PTSD may be motivated to use substances for different reasons.

Keywords

U.S. population Posttraumatic stress disorder Substance use opioid use

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Life Sciences Neuroscience Behavioral Neuroscience

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Past year non-medical opioid use and abuse and PTSD diagnosis: Interactions with sex and associations with symptom clusters

Authors

Kathryn Z. Smith, Philip H. Smith, Sarah A. Cercone, Sherry A. McKee, Gregory G. Homish,