Research Methods

Introduction

It has become more evident than ever with individuals who have developed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and resorted to addictive drugs to medicate the distress and pain associated with the diagnosis. It is coherent that the PSTD and substance abuse are the common problems of the military service members and the merit intervention. A number of psychological treatments together with medications depicts that it is effective for each of the problems and in this regard ought to be incorporated into a clinical practice whether the conditions are dependent or not. As a matter of fact, the emerging research shows that it is best for the physician to combine the modalities within a comprehensive treatment plan for an effective outcome.

A large number of service members together with the veterans have been seeking treatment for various problems such as alcoholism due to experiencing the life-threatening stress of combats. Many of these individuals have Post Traumatic Stress Disorders (PSTD) and have since turned to alcohol to reduce these stressors. Sensitivity to these issues has been found to have an impact on the way the therapists will relate to their patients and possible implications for developing an effective treatment strategy. In most cases, the clinicians have been concerned with the way patients needed to resolve the abuse of substance before they embark on the treatment of PSTD (Institute of Medicine, 2012).

A clinical viewpoint offers one possible lens through which to deliberate the instruments by which trauma and PTSD may be connected to a Substance Use Disorder. Current results from the PTSD publication delivers indication approving that trauma has the greatest profound influence when commencement occurs during early juvenile or puberty, while the properties are less prevalent in individuals who are adults at the initial traumatic experience. In contrast, the younger the veteran is at the time of the trauma exposure and the longer the duration of the trauma, the more likely they are to have problems in adulthood in a variety of extents, in accumulation to PTSD indicators such as behavior impulsivity, emotional lability, and violence (Banyard, Williams, & Siegel, 2001).

References

Banyard, V. L., Williams, L. M., & Siegel, J. A. (2001). Understanding links among childhood

trauma, dissociation, and women's mental health. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry,