ArticlePsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2016
Impact of alcohol use disorder comorbidity on defensive reactivity to errors in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.
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- Associations between lifetime stress exposure and the error-related negativity (ERN) differ based on stressor characteristics and exposure timing in young adults.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
- The error-related negativity (ERN) moderates the association between interpersonal stress and anxiety symptoms six months later.International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology · 2020Article
- Interpersonal trauma exposure and startle reactivity to uncertain threat in individuals with alcohol use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Article
- Error-related neural activity and alcohol use disorder: Differences from risk to remission.Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry · 2019Article
- Individual differences in combat experiences and error-related brain activity in OEF/OIF/OND veterans.International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology · 2018Article
- Error-related Brain Activity as a Treatment Moderator and Index of Symptom Change during Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy or Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018Article
- Neural response to errors is associated with problematic alcohol use over time in combat-exposed returning veterans: An event-related potential study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- Impact of posttraumatic stress symptom dimensions on psychophysiological reactivity to threat and reward.Journal of psychiatric research · 2017Article
- Impact of anxiety symptoms and problematic alcohol use on error-related brain activity.International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology · 2017Article
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Converging lines of evidence suggest that individuals with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) may be characterized by heightened defensive reactivity, which serves to maintain drinking behaviors and anxiety/hyperarousal symptoms. However, it is important to note that very few studies have directly tested whether individuals with PTSD and AUD exhibit greater defensive reactivity compared with individuals with PTSD without AUD. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to test this emerging hypothesis by examining individual differences in error-related negativity (ERN), an event-related component that is larger among anxious individuals and is thought to reflect defensive reactivity to errors. Participants were 66 military veterans who completed a well-validated flanker task known to robustly elicit the ERN. Veterans were comprised of 3 groups: controls (i.e., no PTSD or AUD), PTSD-AUD (i.e., current PTSD but no AUD), and PTSD + AUD (i.e., current comorbid PTSD and AUD). Results indicated that individuals with PTSD and controls generally did not differ in ERN amplitude. However, among individuals with PTSD, those with comorbid AUD had significantly larger ERNs than those without AUD. These findings suggest that PTSD + AUD is a neurobiologically unique subtype of PTSD, and the comorbidity of AUD may enhance defensive reactivity to errors in individuals with PTSD. (PsycINFO Database Record
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