@article{ref1,
title="Comorbid alcohol addiction increases aggression level in soldiers with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder",
journal="Nordic journal of psychiatry",
year="2003",
author="Zoricic, Zoran and Karlovic, Dalibor and Buljan, Danijel and Marusić, Srdan",
volume="57",
number="3",
pages="199-202",
abstract="The aim of this study was to compare aggressive behavior in soldiers with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), PTSD comorbid with alcohol addiction and alcohol addiction only. Three groups of male combat experienced soldiers with PTSD (n=43), PTSD comorbid with alcohol addiction (n=41) and alcohol addiction (n=39) were compared by Aggression rating scale A-87. PTSD was diagnosed according to DSM-IV criteria and Watson's PTSD rating scale. Alcohol addiction was diagnosed according to DSM-IV criteria and CAGE Questionnaire. Combat-experienced soldiers with alcohol addiction as well as soldiers with combat-related PTSD comorbid with alcohol addiction have a high level of verbal latent aggression (VLA), (F=26.65; P<0.001), physically latent aggression (PLA), (F=37.86; P<0.001), indirect aggression (INA), (F=56.94; P<0.001), verbal manifest aggression (VMA), (F=18.35; P<0.001), and physically manifest aggression (PMA), (F=43.22; P<0.001), vs. soldiers with combat-related PTSD without comorbid conditions. Alcohol addiction is a severe factor in increasing aggression levels in soldiers with PTSD.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0803-9488",
doi="10.1080/08039480310001337",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08039480310001337"
}