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Alcohol Misuse, Alcohol-Related Risky Behaviors, and Childhood Adversity among Soldiers who Returned from Iraq or Afghanistan - abstract

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Background

Soldiers face a great number of traumatic combat exposures while deployed, which research has shown to contribute to the development of alcohol misuse. In addition to this known risk factor, we hypothesize that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) also contribute to the likelihood that soldiers will engage in these behaviors, even after adjusting for deployment-related factors (mental health problems and combat exposure)....

Conclusions

Findings suggest that ACEs are a substantial risk factor for alcohol misuse with and without risky behaviors among soldiers returning from deployments and should be considered when directing prevention efforts.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460313001275

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