RT Journal
A1 North CS, Ringwalt CL, Downs D, Derzon J, Galvin D
T1 POstdisaster course of alcohol use disorders in systematically studied survivors of 10 disasters
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 2011
FD February 7
VO 68
IS 2
SP 173
OP 180
DO 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.131
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.131
AB 
The stress-reduction model of alcoholism regards alcohol consumption as a palliative coping mechanism for emotional stress that leads to problem drinking.1- 7 Trauma is a distinct subtype of stress that involves physical danger.8 The association between alcohol use disorders and both trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been well documented in various populations.9- 17 Following the stress-reduction model of alcoholism, it is widely believed that increased or excessive use of alcohol after trauma may represent “self-medication” of posttraumatic emotional distress.17- 23