Civilian stressors associated with alcohol use disorders in the National Guard.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol use disorders are a serious public health concern among soldiers. Although deployment-related exposures have been linked with alcohol use disorders in soldiers, less is understood about the link between modifiable, civilian stressors and post-deployment alcohol use disorders.

Purpose

To (1) compare the influence of civilian stressors and deployment-related traumatic events and stressors on post-deployment alcohol use disorders among Army National Guardsmen primarily deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq; and (2) evaluate whether civilian stressors influence a different set of alcohol use disorder phenotypes than deployment-related traumatic events and stressors.

Methods

A cohort of Ohio National Guard soldiers was recruited in 2008-2009 and interviewed t

SUBMITTER: Cerda M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4171186 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature