TY - JOUR
AU - Saladin, Michael
AB - 
The goal of the present investigation was to evaluate whether the process of assessing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in substance abuse/dependence inpatients (N = 95) as part of a research protocol influenced the diagnostic assessment conducted by clinical staff. The prevalence of current crime-related PTSD (CR-PTSD) observed with a research interview was 40% (n = 38), whereas the rate of current CR-PTSD documented in (the same) patients' discharge summaries was 15% (n = 14). An even lower CR-PTSD prevalence rate of 8% (n = 5) was obtained from a new sample of patient discharge summaries (N = 59) collected after the cessation of the research project. On chart intake reports, clinical staff documented a history of sexual and/or physical assault in approximately one-half of these patients, but PTSD was not evaluated. PTSD appears to be under-diagnosed by clinical staff in patients with substance use disorders.

TI - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Abuse: Use of Research in a Clinical Setting
JF - Journal of Traumatic Stress
DO - 10.1023/A:1024872800683
DA - 2004-09-16
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/posttraumatic-stress-disorder-and-substance-abuse-use-of-research-in-a-7TyDKai6yQ
SP - 141
EP - 148
VL - 10
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -