Impact of Alcohol Use, Traumatic Stress, and Cigarette Smoking on Cognitive Functioning in Veterans With Co-occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and PTSD have high rates of co-occurrence in U.S. Military Veterans resulting in incrementally worse functional outcomes relative to having either one of these disorders alone. Cognitive dysfunction can impede one's ability to benefit from standard behavioral AUD and PTSD treatments. Cigarette smoking is also highly prevalent among U.S. Military Veterans, and cognitive dysfunction is associated with chronic cigarette use among individuals with AUD and PTSD independently. However, much less is known about to what extent cigarette smoking further impairs cognitive functioning in individuals with both co-occurring AUD and PTSD.

Materials and methods

U.S. Veterans with co-occurring AUD and PTSD (n = 162) completed a comprehensive cognitive

SUBMITTER: Hua JPY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10362996 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature