What Lies Beneath: Trauma Events,PTSD, and Alcohol Misuse in Driving Under the Influence Program Clients |
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| Authors: | Melinda Hohman Melanie Barker Susan Woodruff |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Professor, School of Social Work, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USAmhohman@mail.sdsu.edu;3. Executive Clinical Director, Research Foundation, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA;4. Professor, School of Social Work, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA |
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| Abstract: | The prevention and reduction of alcohol misuse is one of the Grand Challenges of Social Work. Addressing client needs beyond alcohol misuse can improve client outcomes. Driving under the influence program clients (N = 1,248) were screened for trauma events and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Results found that males more often reported having been assaulted with a weapon or that they caused injury to someone else. Females more often reported sexual assault and other unwanted sexual experience. About 26% overall screened positive for PTSD. Social workers need to be alert to various types of trauma and help clients identify the connection between trauma and alcohol misuse. |
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| Keywords: | blood alcohol content differences driving under the influence gender PTSD trauma |
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