Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Do Not Influence Veterans’ Alcohol Use Disorder or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Recovery Trajectories in a Randomized Controlled Trial
Results suggest that the presence of lifetime and current STB does increase the severity of PTSD but does not appear to impact the rates of symptom recovery across a 12-week period. Results add important context to cross-sectional research which emphasizes the greater severity of AUD-PTSD. Our longitudinal analyses indicate that Veterans can achieve symptom improvements in AUD and PTSD, even in the context of co-occurring STB.
Authors
- B LITZ
- John Roache
- Margaret M. Baer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7831-4200)
- Bäck Se
- Flanagan Jf
- Krithika Prakash
- Shannon R. Forkus
- Alan L. Peterson
- Stacey Young-McCaughan
Institutions
- Boston University (US)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- VA Boston Healthcare System (US)
- National Center for PTSD (US)
- Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (US)
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio (US)
- Hologic (Germany) (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.25-00113
- Primary Topic
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00