NIH R01 · 2024
Psychosocial traumatic events, and interpersonal violence experiences in particular, during childhood serve as strong and consistent predictors of substance use problems (SUP) during adolescence and adulthood. PTSD that extends from such IPV often co-occurs with SUP. Despite this well-established link, standard care for adolescents with co-occurring SUP and PTSD for the last several decades has been to treat these problems separately. This compartmentalized approach to treatment creates burden on teens and families, raises unique challenges to clinicians in both mental health and addiction domains, and may contribute to high rates of SUP relapse among adolescents with co-occurring PTSD. To…
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