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A new study offers more evidence of a strong association between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance abuse. The German study included 459 people who sought help for either alcohol dependence (39.7 percent), drug dependence (33.6 percent), or both (26.8 percent). The researchers found that up to half of people who sought help for substance abuse disorders (SUDs) had PTSD and that having PTSD predicted a more severe course and worse outcome for an SUD, such as more family problems, less employment, and more serious psychological symptoms. The frequency of PTSD was higher among those with drug dependence. Read on
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