PTSD Severity Influence on Return to Substance Use After Treatment

Zusammenfassung

Influence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Severity on Return to Substance Use Immediately Following Residential Substance Use Treatment ABSTRACT Abstract The period immediately following residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is characterized by high rates of return to substance use. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is highly prevalent among individuals in residential SUD treatment and is a primary motive for substance use among individuals with co-occurring PTSD and SUD. Addre

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Participants (N = 65, Mage = 40.6, 52% women, 79% white) completed semi-structured diagnostic interviews for PTSD and SUD and self-report measures of demographics and depression while in residential SUD treatment (approximately one week before discharge), and then a follow-up assessment (timeline fo...

These figures underscore SUD’s high prevalence and significant impact. Effective SUD treatment is a clinical and public health priority. Community reintegration following residential SUD treatment represents a critical period. Over 13 million people in the United States aged 12 years or older sought...

Compared to individuals with either PTSD or SUD alone, those with co-occurring PTSD and SUD have more chronic and severe patterns of substance use, greater physical and psychiatric comorbidity, and increased functional impairment (Brady et al., 2021). Moreover, the presence of PTSD among patients wi...

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