A systematic review of the self‐medication hypothesis in the context of posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid problematic alcohol use

SE Hawn, SE Cusack… - Journal of traumatic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) commonly co‐occur
and are associated with many negative public health outcomes. There are several …

Posttraumatic stress disorder and co‐occurring substance use disorders: Advances in assessment and treatment.

JL McCauley, T Killeen, DF Gros… - … : Science and Practice, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUDs) are prevalent
and frequently co‐occur. Comorbid PTSD/SUD is associated with a more complex and …

Extinction circuits for fear and addiction overlap in prefrontal cortex

J Peters, PW Kalivas, GJ Quirk - Learning & memory, 2009 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Extinction is a form of inhibitory learning that suppresses a previously conditioned response.
Both fear and drug seeking are conditioned responses that can lead to maladaptive …

New findings on biological factors predicting addiction relapse vulnerability

R Sinha - Current psychiatry reports, 2011 - Springer
Relapse is a highly prevalent phenomenon in addiction. This paper examines the new
research on identifying biological factors that contribute to addiction relapse risk …

The use of alcohol and drugs to self‐medicate symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder

M Leeies, J Pagura, J Sareen… - Depression and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Self‐medication has been proposed as an explanation for the high rates of
comorbidity between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders; …

Explicating the role of emotion dysregulation in risky behaviors: A review and synthesis of the literature with directions for future research and clinical practice

NH Weiss, TP Sullivan, MT Tull - Current opinion in psychology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Emotion dysregulation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of risky
behaviors.•Difficulties regulating negative and positive emotions are related to risky …

Mechanisms of shared vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders

CE María-Ríos, JD Morrow - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Psychoactive substance use is a nearly universal human behavior, but a significant minority
of people who use addictive substances will go on to develop an addictive disorder …

Inhibitory control and emotional stress regulation: Neuroimaging evidence for frontal–limbic dysfunction in psycho-stimulant addiction

CR Li, R Sinha - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
This review focuses on neuroimaging studies that examined stress processing and
regulation and cognitive inhibitory control in patients with psycho-stimulant addiction. We …

The risk of return: intimate partner violence in Northern Uganda's armed conflict

J Annan, M Brier - Social science & medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
The physical and psychological consequences of armed conflict and intimate partner
violence are well documented. Less research focuses on their intersection and the linkages …

[图书][B] Trauma and substance abuse: Causes, consequences, and treatment of comorbid disorders.

PE Ouimette, PJ Brown - 2003 - psycnet.apa.org
This book explores the underdiagnosed connection between drug use and posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD). Patients with trauma-related distress such as PTSD often use …