大学生的心理健康和吸毒:我们应该采取行动吗?
Teresa Pérez1, M Carmen Pardo2, Yolanda Cabellos1
1Department of Statistics and Data Science, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Journal of affective disorders
|May 28, 2023
概括
在COVID后的西班牙大学生中发现了高频率的焦虑和抑郁症状. 许多学生服用精神药物,包括没有处方的处方药,强调需要改善大学心理健康政策.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 大学生面临着焦虑和抑郁症的重大风险,可能导致滥用物质.
- 关于西班牙大学生心理健康和毒品消费模式的研究有限.
- 后COVID-19时代为学生的福祉带来了独特的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 分析西班牙大学生中焦虑和抑郁症状的流行程度.
- 为了调查这个人口中的精神活性药物摄入模式.
- 在COVID-19后的背景下了解这些趋势.
主要方法:
- 在UCM (西班牙) 的大学生进行了在线调查.
- 收集的数据包括人口统计,学术感知,焦虑 (GAD-7),抑郁 (PHQ-9) 评分和精神活性物质使用.
- 共有6798名学生参与了调查.
主要成果:
- 几乎一半的学生表现出严重的焦虑 (44.1%) 或抑郁 (46.5%) 症状,在返回面对面课堂后没有变化.
- 显著多数人缺乏他们心理健康症状的正式诊断 (焦虑69.2%,抑郁78.1%).
- 常常消费的物质包括草,黑激素,糖尿病,和lorazepam. 值得注意的是,10.8%的人使用了迪亚泽巴姆,7.7%的人使用了无处方的洛拉泽巴姆. 大麻是最常见的非法毒品.
结论:
- 不被诊断的焦虑和抑郁症的高患病率,加上大量的非处方精神活性药物使用,需要紧急关注.
- 必须制定和实施大学政策,以加强学生的心理健康和福祉.
- 解决心理健康症状和正式诊断之间的差距对于有效的干预至关重要.
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