Impulsivity as a mediating factor in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and substance use.

Vanessa L Morris Landry Goodgame HuffmanKatherine R NaishKatherine HolshausenAssaf OshriMargaret McKinnonMichael Amlung

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2020)

These findings suggest that trauma-exposed individuals who exhibit elevated PTSD symptoms show heightened impulsivity. It also appears that lower levels of impulsivity may serve as a protective factor among trauma-exposed individuals resilient to the development of PTSD. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Keyphrases

posttraumatic stress disorder
obsessive compulsive disorder
borderline personality disorder
trauma patients
sleep quality
emergency department
deep brain stimulation