美国大学生使用心理治疗
Gavin N Rackoff1, Ellen E Fitzsimmons-Craft2, C Barr Taylor3,4
1Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
Journal of American college health : J of ACH
|July 12, 2023
概括
只有19%的患有心理健康问题的大学生使用心理治疗. 性别,种族和经济困难等因素影响了获取机会,突出了学生心理健康护理的潜在差异.
科学领域:
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 大学生面临着重大的心理健康挑战.
- 在这个人口群体中,获得和利用心理健康服务,特别是心理治疗,是一个关键问题.
- 了解当前的利用模式对于改善支持系统至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定目前的诊断精神健康状况的大学生中心理治疗利用率.
- 识别与不同心理治疗使用相关的人口,社会经济和机构特征.
- 检查心理治疗利用的时间趋势,包括早期COVID-19流行病的影响.
主要方法:
- 在全国范围内进行了一项在线调查,对18435名大学生进行了查,他们至少有一个临床心理健康问题呈阳性.
- 用描述性统计和物流回归分析来分析利用率及其相关性.
- 数据收集跨越了COVID-19大流行初期阶段之前,期间和之后的时期.
主要成果:
- 总体而言,19%的受访大学生表示接受过心理治疗.
- 使用率较低与男性性别,亚裔,黑人,非裔美国人或多种族/种族,更大的财务困难,父母教育水平较低,学术地位较低以及公共机构出席率相关.
- 使用率更高与性别少数群体和性少数群体的身份相关.
- 从2019年秋季到2020年春季,利用率出现了显著下降,随后出现了反弹.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了当前估计的心理治疗利用在体验心理健康问题的大学生.
- 在获取和利用方面存在显著差异,这表明某些学生群体可能受到服务不足.
- 调查结果强调需要有针对性的干预措施,以改善高等教育机构获得心理健康护理的平等机会.
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