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Comorbid Alcohol Addiction Increase Aggression Level in Soldiers with Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

The aim of this study was to compare aggressive behavior in soldiers with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), PTSD comorbid with alcohol addiction and alcohol addiction only. Three groups of male combat experience 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 experience soldiers with alcohol addiction as well as solders with combat-related PTSD comorbid with alcohol addiction have 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<001), and physically manifest aggression (PMA), (F=43.22 ; p<0.001), versus soldiers with combat-related PTSD without comorbid conditions. Alcohol addictions is severe factor in increasing aggression level in soldiers with PTSD.

Aggression; Alcohol addiction; Croatia; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Soldiers; War

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