TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Mental health correlates of probable posttraumatic stress disorder, probable alcohol use disorder, and their co-occurrence among firefighters
JO  - Behavior modification
A1  - Zegel, Maya
A1  - Lebeaut, Antoine
A1  - Healy, Nathaniel
A1  - Tran, Jana K.
A1  - Vujanovic, Anka A.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Firefighters demonstrate high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD). Research has yet to compare how these diagnoses and their co-occurrence relate to firefighter mental health. This study evaluated trauma load, PTSD, alcohol use, depression, sleep, suicide risk, anger, and occupational stress across four discrete groups of firefighters (N = 660): (1) trauma-exposed only (n = 471), (2) probable PTSD-only (n = 36), (3) probable AUD-only (n = 125), and (4) probable PTSD-AUD (n = 28). Firefighters completed an online survey. Firefighters with probable PTSD-AUD demonstrated higher scores on all criterion variables, except trauma load, compared to firefighters with probable AUD-only or trauma-only. Firefighters with probable PTSD-AUD and probable PTSD-only reported similar levels of all indices, except alcohol use severity and suicide risk, which were higher among the probable PTSD-AUD group. <br><br>RESULTS provide preliminary empirical evidence of the deleterious impact of PTSD-AUD comorbidity among firefighters.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-4455
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01454455211033517
ID  - ref1
ER  -