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Exposure to traumatic events among treatment‐seeking, alcohol‐dependent women and men without PTSD
Author(s) -
Johnson Candace S.,
Heffner Jaimee L.,
Blom Thomas J.,
Anthenelli Robert M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20563
Subject(s) - psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology , alcohol , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry
The authors examined lifetime exposure to a range of traumatic events in 106 abstinent, treatment‐engaged (85% residential; 15% outpatient), alcohol‐dependent women (n = 53) and men without current or lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder. Alcohol‐dependent women reported greater severity of childhood trauma, but similar lifetime exposure to traumatic events compared with men. Alcohol‐dependent women without cocaine abuse or TB (n = 10) reported greater severity of childhood trauma than women with (n = 43), and men with (n = 21) or without (n = 32) cocaine abuse or dependence. Results extend previously observed gender differences in trauma histories among alcohol‐dependent adults and point to potential gender‐ and substance‐specific drug coaddiction effects that may have been influenced by trauma exposure.