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 …

Self-medication with antibiotics for protection against COVID-19: the role of psychological distress, knowledge of, and experiences with antibiotics

A Zhang, EV Hobman, P De Barro, A Young, DJ Carter… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Self-medication with antibiotics is a major contributing factor to antimicrobial resistance.
Prior research examining factors associated with antibiotic self-medication has focused on …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation as a mediator between adverse childhood experiences and adult depression: A meta-analytic structural equation model

A Zagaria, V Fiori, M Vacca, C Lombardo… - Journal of Affective …, 2024 - Elsevier
Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) confers a higher risk of developing
depression in adulthood, yet the mediation of inflammation remains under debate. To test …

Exploring factors associated with alcohol and/or substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic

T MacMillan, MJ Corrigan, K Coffey… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
This study explored the relationship between alcohol and substance use in the general
population during the early stages of COVID-19 as related to individual, family, and …

Trauma-related drinking to cope: A novel approach to the self-medication model.

SE Hawn, KE Bountress, CM Sheerin… - … of addictive behaviors, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Multiple etiological models have been proposed to explain posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) comorbidity, but the predominant model to date is …

Posttraumatic stress, alcohol use, and alcohol use motives among firefighters: The role of distress tolerance

M Zegel, JK Tran, AA Vujanovic - Psychiatry research, 2019 - Elsevier
Firefighters represent a unique, vulnerable population at high risk for alcohol use disorder
(AUD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology due to the high rates of …

Mental health correlates of probable posttraumatic stress disorder, probable alcohol use disorder, and their co-occurrence among firefighters

M Zegel, A Lebeaut, N Healy, JK Tran… - Behavior …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Firefighters demonstrate high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use
disorder (AUD). Research has yet to compare how these diagnoses and their co-occurrence …

Adverse and adaptive childhood experiences are associated with parental reflective functioning in mothers with substance use disorder

U Håkansson, R Watten, K Söderström… - Child Abuse & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mothers with a substance use disorder (SUD) are at risk for maladaptive parenting practices,
and have heightened likelihood of having experienced childhood adversity themselves. In …

PTSD and problem drinking in relation to seeking mental health and substance use treatment among sexual assault survivors.

A Kirkner, M Relyea, SE Ullman - Traumatology, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
This study seeks to understand the effects of the co-occurrence of PTSD and problem
drinking on formal help-seeking among sexual assault survivors over time. Data come from …

The impact of PTSD on risk of cardiometabolic diseases: a national patient cohort study in Norway

GE Roer, L Lien, I Bolstad, JO Aaseth, DS Abebe - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with cardiometabolic
diseases, concurrent anxiety, alcohol use disorder and depression. The relationship …