Table 1.

Baseline Demographic and Diagnostic Characteristics by Treatment Group (N = 69).

Characteristic	Seeking Safety + Sertraline (n = 32)		Seeking Safety + Placebo (n = 37)
	n	%	n	%
Women	26	81.3	30	81.1
Race/ethnicity
African American	16	50.0	25	67.6
Caucasian	10	31.3	6	16.2
Latina/o	3	9.4	4	10.8
Other	3	9.4	2	5.4
Marital Status
Married	9	28.1	5	13.5
Single	17	53.1	25	67.6
Divorced/separated/widowed	6	18.8	7	18.9
Employment
Employed	23	71.9	30	81.1
Unemployed	8	25.0	4	10.8
Student/retired/disabled	1	3.1	3	8.1
Past 7-day abstinence rate	3	9.7	4	10.8
Alcohol Dependence	28	87.5	33	89.2
Alcohol Abuse	3	9.4	0	0
Early onset AUD	13	40.6	16	48.5
Drug Dependence
Cannabis	5	15.6	3	8.1
Cocaine	8	25.0	13	35.1
Comorbid AUD and SUD	16	50.0	22	59.5
Lifetime traumatic experiences*
Child physical	14	43.3	18	48.5
Adult physical	16	50.0	16	42.4
Child sexual	12	36.7	15	41.2
Adult sexual	12	36.7	13	35.3
Transportation accident	19	60.0	27	73.5
Life-threatening illness	7	23.3	8	20.6
Exposed to violent death	14	43.3	10	26.5
Current Major Depression	20	62.5	22	59.5
	M	SD	M	SD
Age (years)	42.2	9.8	42.5	8.5
Education (years)	13.7	3.1	13.0	2.0
Age at PTSD onset	28.1	14.4	22.8	13.5
CAPS severity, total	65.8	19.4	59.0	19.2
DDD**	6.8	5.1	6.9	4.7
HDD**	3.3	2.2	2.9	2.4
Prior alcohol treatment episodes	1.1	1.9	1.6	4.3

Note. PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; DDD = drinks per drinking day; HDD = heavy drinking day (5+ drinks for men, 4+ for women); CAPS = Clinician Administered PTSD Scale; AUD = alcohol use disorder (abuse or dependence); SUD = substance use disorder (abuse or dependence).

^*No participants endorsed natural disaster event.

^**in past 7 days.