A Comparative Study of Women With Substance Use Disorder With and Without Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Complex Interaction Between Childhood Trauma, Empathy, Personality Traits, and Substance Use Severity.

Published in: Alpha psychiatry (2023)

Our study suggested that comorbid PTSD and SUD resulted in more complicated presentation. It seems to be crucial for practitioners to screen PTSD symptoms in women with severe SUD and complicated clinical presentations.

Keyphrases

social support
posttraumatic stress disorder
primary care
early onset
depressive symptoms
case report
trauma patients
childhood cancer
drug induced