TY  - JOUR
T1  - POstdisaster course of alcohol use disorders in systematically studied survivors of 10 disasters
AU  - North CS, Ringwalt CL, Downs D, Derzon J, Galvin D
Y1  - 2011/02/07
N1  - 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.131
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 173
EP  - 180
VL  - 68
IS  - 2
N2  - 
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

SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.131
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.131
ER  -