薬物乱用と青年の自殺傾向
1Department of Psychiatry, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Tex.
JAMA
|June 13, 1990
まとめ
青少年における精神活性物質の乱用は,自殺の思考や行動の増加と関連しています. この関連性,特にアルコールとの関連性は,リスクの高い若者に対する精神科介入の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 精神科医は精神病を患っている.
- 青少年の健康について
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 精神活性物質の青少年の使用は,過去20年間で増加しています.
- 青少年における薬物乱用と自殺傾向との関連が示唆されている.
- 薬物乱用と青年の自殺との因果関係は,まだ完全に理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- 精神活性物質の乱用と青少年における自殺行動の関連性を調べる.
- 青少年における自殺や薬物乱用に関連する特定のパターンや危険因子を特定する.
主な方法:
- 青少年における精神活性物質の使用と自殺傾向を結びつける証拠のレビュー.
- 薬物乱用と思考,自殺未遂,完成自殺との関連に関する研究の分析.
- 青少年におけるアルコール中毒と銃器による自殺に関するデータの検討.
主要な成果:
- 精神活性物質の乱用は,自殺未遂の頻度と致死率の増加と関連しています.
- 薬物乱用は,より大きな自殺思考と意図の深刻さと相関しています.
- アルコール中毒は,特に青少年による銃による自殺と関連しています.
結論:
- 青少年における精神活性物質の乱用は,自殺行動の重要なリスク因子である.
- 薬物乱用やうつ病を患っている青年はリスクが高い.
- 精神薬物の乱用に巻き込まれた青少年には,精神科の治療が必要になる可能性があります.
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