Substance Use Behaviors as Markers of Emotional Dysregulation and Childhood Adversity Among Adult Emergency Department Patients.

Cureus · 2026 · PMC12883253 · PMID 41664779

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Participants in the other drug category ( n = 3, 5.2%) had higher ACE scores (mean = 4.17, SD = 1.70) than those not reporting other drug use (mean = 2.69, SD = 2.45), although this difference did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.157).

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