Post-traumatic stress and future substance use outcomes: leveraging antecedent factors to stratify risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use (tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis) are highly comorbid. Many factors affect this relationship, including sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics, other prior traumas, and physical health. However, few prior studies have investigated this prospectively, examining new substance use and the extent to which a wide range of factors may modify the relationship to PTSD.

Methods

The Advancing Understanding of RecOvery afteR traumA (AURORA) study is a prospective cohort of adults presenting at emergency departments (N = 2,943). Participants self-reported PTSD symptoms and the frequency and quantity of tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use at six total timepoints. We assessed the associations of PTSD and future su

SUBMITTER: Garrison-Desany HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10957776 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature