The relationship between childhood trauma, early-life stress, and alcohol and drug use, abuse, and addiction: An integrative review

Ahmed A. Moustafa, Denise Parkes, Louise Fitzgerald, Dylan Underhill, Julia Garami, Einat Levy-Gigi, Filip Stramecki, Ahmad Valikhani, Dorota Frydecka, Blazej Misiak

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Abstract

In this review, we discuss the relationship between childhood trauma, early-life stress, and substance use, abuse, and addiction. We further provide theories and neural studies to explain this relationship as well as potential treatment strategies for alcohol and drug abuse and addiction based on understanding types of early-life stressors that lead to both drug use and relapse.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)579-584
Number of pages6
JournalCurrent Psychology
Volume40
Issue number2
Early online date28 Aug 2018
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2021

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Addiction
  • Learned helplessness
  • Neural studies
  • PTSD
  • Stress, trauma
  • Types of stress/trauma

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Psychology

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