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Trauma, dissociation, impulsivity, and self-mutilation among substance abuse patients
C Zlotnick1, M T Shea, P Recupero
1Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, R.I., USA.
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|November 15, 1997
Abstract:
Among 85 substance abusing or dependent inpatients, it was found that those with histories of distressing traumatic events reported more self-mutilative acts, higher levels of dissociation, and a greater degree of impulsivity than did patients without such histories. Implications of the findings for research and clinical practice are discussed.