ArticleThe Journal of head trauma rehabilitation
Frequent binge drinking after combat-acquired traumatic brain injury among active duty military personnel with a past year combat deployment.
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- Assessing the postdeployment quality of treatment for substance use disorders among Army enlisted soldiers in the Military Health System.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Article
- Opioid Use among Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Perfect Storm?Journal of neurotrauma · 2020Article
- The intersection of lifetime history of traumatic brain injury and the opioid epidemic.Addictive behaviors · 2019Review
- Calcineurin signaling as a target for the treatment of alcohol abuse and neuroinflammatory disorders.Progress in molecular biology and translational science · 2019Review
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- Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Deployment Binge Drinking among Male and Female Army Active Duty Service Members Returning from Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom.Journal of neurotrauma · 2017Article
- Traumatic Brain Injury in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans: New Results From a National Random Sample Study.The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2017Article
- Prevalence of Alcohol Misuse and Follow-Up Care in a National Sample of OEF/OIF VA Patients With and Without TBI.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether combat-acquired traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with postdeployment frequent binge drinking among a random sample of active duty military personnel.
participantsActive duty military personnel who returned home within the past year from deployment to a combat theater of operations and completed a survey health assessment (N = 7155).
methodsCross-sectional observational study with multivariate analysis of responses to the 2008 Department of Defense Survey of Health Related Behaviors Among Active Duty Military Personnel, an anonymous, random, population-based assessment of the armed forces. MAIN MEASURES: Frequent binge drinking: 5 or more drinks on the same occasion, at least once per week, in the past 30 days. TBI-AC: self-reported altered consciousness only; loss of consciousness (LOC) of less than 1 minute (TBI-LOC <1); and LOC of 1 minute or greater (TBI-LOC 1+) after combat injury event exposure.
resultsOf active duty military personnel who had a past year combat deployment, 25.6% were frequent binge drinkers and 13.9% reported experiencing a TBI on the deployment, primarily TBI-AC (7.5%). In regression models adjusting for demographics and positive screen for posttraumatic stress disorder, active duty military personnel with TBI had increased odds of frequent binge drinking compared with those with no injury exposure or without TBI: TBI-AC (adjusted odds ratio, 1.48; 95% confidence interval, 1.18-1.84); TBI-LOC 1+ (adjusted odds ratio, 1.67; 95% confidence interval, 1.00-2.79).
conclusionsTraumatic brain injury was significantly associated with past month frequent binge drinking after controlling for posttraumatic stress disorder, combat exposure, and other covariates.
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