2020
Zonisamide as an Adjunctive Treatment to Cognitive Processing Therapy for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder: A Pilot Study
Petrakis I, Ralevski E, Arias AJ, DeNegre D, Newcomb J, Gianoli M, McCarthy E, Meshberg‐Cohen S, Yoon G. Zonisamide as an Adjunctive Treatment to Cognitive Processing Therapy for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder: A Pilot Study. American Journal On Addictions 2020, 29: 515-524. PMID: 32462773, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.13061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAlcohol-Related DisordersAnticonvulsantsCognitive Behavioral TherapyCombined Modality TherapyDiagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)Double-Blind MethodFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient SatisfactionPilot ProjectsStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticTreatment OutcomeVeterans HealthZonisamideConceptsAlcohol use disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderCognitive processing therapyComorbid alcohol use disorderSymptoms of PTSDUse disordersStress disorderPilot studyNonsignificant higher rateDouble-blind fashionReal-world treatmentCurrent alcohol dependenceEvidence-based psychotherapiesHigh rateAdjunctive treatmentPreliminary efficacyTreatment strategiesPsychosocial treatmentsPTSD outcomesZonisamideAlcohol dependencePlaceboLarger studyAlcohol useDisorders
2013
Quality of life in veterans with alcohol dependence and co-occurring mental illness
Ralevski E, Gianoli MO, McCarthy E, Petrakis I. Quality of life in veterans with alcohol dependence and co-occurring mental illness. Addictive Behaviors 2013, 39: 386-391. PMID: 23890764, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlcohol AbstinenceAlcohol DeterrentsAlcoholismAnalysis of VarianceBrief Psychiatric Rating ScaleComorbidityConnecticutDiagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)DisulfiramDouble-Blind MethodDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMassachusettsMental DisordersMiddle AgedNaltrexoneNarcotic AntagonistsPlacebosPsychotropic DrugsQuality of LifeSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment OutcomeVeterans