Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cannabis Use in a Nationally Representative Sample

The present study examined the relations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and cannabis use in a large representative survey of adults (N = 5,672) from the United States (Kessler et al., 2004). After adjusting for sociodemographic variables (i.e., age, marital status, ethnicity, education...

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Published in:Psychology of addictive behaviors 2011-09, Vol.25 (3), p.554-558
Main Authors: COUGLE, Jesse R, BONN-MILLER, Marcel O, VUJANOVIC, Anka A, ZVOLENSKY, Michael J, HAWKINS, Kirsten A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Affective disorders
Aged
Alcohol related disorders
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Cannabis
Drug addiction
Drug dependency
Drug Usage
Ethnicity
Female
Health Surveys
Human
Humans
Male
Marijuana Smoking - epidemiology
Marijuana Smoking - psychology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Prevalence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Stress
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Trauma
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Summary:The present study examined the relations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and cannabis use in a large representative survey of adults (N = 5,672) from the United States (Kessler et al., 2004). After adjusting for sociodemographic variables (i.e., age, marital status, ethnicity, education, income, and sex), alcohol use disorders, and nicotine dependence, lifetime and current (past year) PTSD diagnoses were associated with increased odds of lifetime history of cannabis use as well as past year daily cannabis use. Lifetime, but not current, PTSD diagnosis also was uniquely associated with increased risk for any past year cannabis use. Additional analyses revealed that the relations between PTSD (lifetime and current) and lifetime cannabis use remained statistically significant when adjusting for co-occurring anxiety and mood disorders and trauma type frequency. Overall, these findings add to the emerging literature demonstrating a possibly important relationship between PTSD and cannabis use.
ISSN:0893-164X
1939-1501
DOI:10.1037/a0023076