2024
The role of neurosteroids in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder: A review of 10 years of clinical literature and treatment implications
Peltier M, Verplaetse T, Altemus M, Zakiniaeiz Y, Ralevski E, Mineur Y, Gueorguieva R, Picciotto M, Cosgrove K, Petrakis I, McKee S. The role of neurosteroids in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder: A review of 10 years of clinical literature and treatment implications. Frontiers In Neuroendocrinology 2024, 73: 101119. PMID: 38184208, PMCID: PMC11185997, DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2023.101119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderAlcohol use disorderStress disorderContext of PTSDPTSD/AUDConcurrent posttraumatic stress disorderUnderlying neurobiological mechanismsUse disordersAlcohol-related variablesNeurobiological mechanismsPTSD diagnosisTreatment developmentTreatment implicationsBody of literatureNovel interventionsClinical literatureRole of neurosteroidsDisordersTreatment outcomesYears of researchAlcohol consumptionExogenous pregnenolonePharmacological treatmentBiological variablesAllopregnanolone
2019
Pharmacotherapies for PTSD and Substance Use Disorders
Kachadourian L, Jensen K, Sofuoglu M, Petrakis I. Pharmacotherapies for PTSD and Substance Use Disorders. 2019, 239-259. DOI: 10.4324/9781315442648-13.ChaptersOpioid use disorderAlcohol use disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderUse disordersPTSD/SUDPharmacological treatmentComorbid posttraumatic stress disorderUse of pharmacotherapySubstance use disordersEffectiveness of foodIntramuscular naltrexoneLabel medicationsEpidemiological studiesMedication developmentDrug AdministrationPharmacotherapyStress disorderAvailable evidenceDisordersNew targetsNaltrexoneTreatmentBiological mechanismsSpecific substancesSUDChapter 13 Trauma and Addiction—How to Treat Co-occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorders
Vojvoda D, Petrakis I. Chapter 13 Trauma and Addiction—How to Treat Co-occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorders. 2019, 189-196. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-54856-4.00013-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance use disordersAlcohol use disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderComorbid substance use disorderPTSD symptomsCo-occurring posttraumatic stress disorderRandomized clinical studyWorse clinical outcomesTreatment of patientsSeverity of AUDSeverity of symptomsCo-occurring disordersReduction of severityRecent pharmacological advancesAnticonvulsant topiramateClinical outcomesPharmacological treatmentPTSD comorbidityClinical studiesPharmacological advancesInconstant effectsMedicationsUse disordersAlcohol consumptionN-acetylcysteine