SynthesisJournal of psychopathology and clinical science2022
Posttraumatic stress disorder, drinking to cope, and harmful alcohol use: A multivariate meta-analysis of the self-medication hypothesis.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Understanding psychotrauma in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of clinical and sociocultural perspectives.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid psychiatric conditions on suicide reattempts.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Trial
- A Randomized Clinical Trial of Prolonged Exposure Therapy With and Without Topiramate for Comorbid PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder.The American journal of psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Exploring the Role of Reward Functioning in the Overlap of Post-Traumatic Stress and Cocaine Use Disorder.Substance use & misuse · 2025Trial
- Advancing models of PTSD-AUD comorbidity: protocol for a multimethod framework using genetics and ecological momentary assessment.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Chronic Disease and Disability in the United States: Trends, Inequities, and Imperatives for Policy Reform.The Milbank quarterly · 2026Article
- Alcohol Use and Operational Readiness in the U.S. Active-duty Military: A Review of Burden, Culture, and Barriers to Care.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Review
- The Role of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as a Risk Factor for Dementia: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology · 2026Review
- The unique contributions of adverse childhood experiences to increases in post-traumatic stress symptoms and problematic substance use after trauma exposure.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Probable posttraumatic stress disorder related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and self-inflicted injury-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits.Journal of traumatic stress · 2026Article
- Role of peer support in mitigating PTSD and suicide risk among firefighters experiencing colleagues' death.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Longitudinal predictors of alcohol use and problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in an at-risk veteran sample.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Observational
- How changes in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity mediate substance use disorder (SUD) severity during and after treatment for co-occurring PTSD and SUD: Results from Project Harmony.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Observational
- Polygenic andmedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Exploring the Relationship Between Lifestyle and Post-COVID Psychiatric Symptoms: Findings from a Brazilian Cohort.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- Characterizing Engagement with Web-Based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Traumatic Stress and Substance Misuse After Interpersonal Violence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Smoking as a Marker of Comorbid Vulnerability Among Persons with Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Who Engage in Hazardous Drinking.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Assessing shared psychological constructs as risk factors in comorbid PTSD-AUD combat-exposed male veterans.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Influence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder on Daily-Level Trajectories of Opioid Use Among Trauma-Exposed Individuals in the Community Who Use Opioids.Journal of dual diagnosis · 2025Article
- Influence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Severity on Return to Substance Use Immediately Following Residential Substance Use Treatment.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2025Article
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Abstract
The association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and harmful alcohol use has often been explained through the self-medication hypothesis via coping-related drinking motives. However, the magnitude of the indirect effect of PTSD on harmful alcohol use through coping motives is unclear. This study aggregated this indirect effect using a meta-analytic structural equation modeling approach and explored moderators that influenced the indirect effect. We identified articles from PsycINFO, PubMed/MEDLINE, and PROQUEST (through June 22, 2021) containing measures of (a) PTSD symptoms, (b) coping-related drinking, and (c) harmful alcohol use. Thirty-four studies yielding 69 effect sizes were included (mean
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