ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2021
Self-reported PTSD is associated with increased use of MDMA in adolescents with substance use disorders.
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- Trauma and suicidality in adolescents with substance use disorders.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Psychological and neuropsychological effects of MDMA use during adolescence: a structured review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD in adolescents: rationale, potential, risks, and considerations.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Review
- Enhancing Agency in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Therapies Through Sensorimotor Technologies.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- PTSD, dysregulation profile and substance use: exploring differences in a sample of adolescents in an outpatient clinic.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Impact of Mephedrone on Fear Memory in Adolescent Rats: Involvement of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) Receptor.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Attenuated psychotic symptoms, substance use and self-reported PTSD in adolescence.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Article
- Coping motives mediate the relationship between PTSD and MDMA use in adolescents with substance use disorders.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: Adolescent patients with a substance use disorder (SUD) often fulfil the criteria for a co-occurring post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, it is not clear if these dual-diagnosed adolescents present with unique levels of substance use and how their substance use relates to PTSD symptom clusters. Objective: To investigate substance use in adolescents with co-occurring PTSD and SUD. Additionally, we explored how the use of specific substances is related to specific PTSD symptom clusters. Method: We recruited Results: Adolescents with probable PTSD and SUD report a higher frequency of MDMA use than adolescents with no PTSD and no TE (PTSD vs. noTE: Conclusions: Adolescent SUD patients with probable PTSD are more likely to use MDMA than SUD patients without PTSD. The use of MDMA was associated with reported avoidance symptoms. The first age of MDMA use is initiated after PTSD onset. It is unclear whether the association of MDMA use with avoidance symptoms is due to efforts to reduce these symptoms or a result of regular MDMA use.
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