Associations of alcohol and cannabis use with change in posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms over time in recently trauma-exposed individuals.
Cecilia A HinojosaAmanda LiewXinming AnJennifer S StevensArchana BasuSanne J H van RooijStacey L HouseFrancesca L BeaudoinDonglin ZengThomas C NeylanGari D CliffordTanja JovanovicSarah D LinnstaedtLaura T GermineScott L RauchJohn P HaranAlan B StorrowChristopher LewandowskiPaul I MuseyPhyllis L HendrySophia SheikhChristopher W JonesBrittany E PunchesMichael C KurzRobert A SworLauren A HudakJose L PascualMark J SeamonElizabeth M DatnerAnna M ChangClaire PearsonDavid A PeakRoland C MerchantRobert M DomeierNiels K RathlevPaulina SergotLeon D SanchezSteven E BruceMark W MillerRobert H PietrzakJutta JoormannDiego A PizzagalliJohn F SheridanSteven E HarteJames M ElliottRonald C KesslerKarestan C KoenenSamuel A McLeanKerry J ResslerNegar FaniPublished in: Psychological medicine (2023)
Our findings suggest that alcohol and cannabis use trajectories are associated with the intensity of posttrauma psychopathology. These findings could potentially inform the timing of therapeutic strategies.