伤害自我的年轻人:寻求帮助的障碍和促进者
Vanessa Florindo Salvador1, Maria Gouveia-Pereira1, Beatriz Simões2
1Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities and Inclusion (APPsyCI), ISPA, Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal.
Psychiatry research
|August 13, 2023
概括
大多数有自我伤害史的年轻人不会寻求帮助. 了解寻求帮助的障碍和促进者对于有效的干预和对有意自伤的青少年的支持至关重要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 临床精神病学 临床精神病学
背景情况:
- 葡萄牙青少年 (16-35%) 普遍存在故意自我伤害 (DSH).
- 寻求帮助是缓解DSH的关键因素,但大多数人并不寻求帮助.
- 了解影响寻求帮助的因素对于干预开发至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查寻求帮助和不寻求帮助的年轻成年人之间的DSH严重程度,自杀念头和家庭冲突的差异.
- 探索年轻人对社会支持和医疗保健工作者在寻求DSH帮助方面的角色的期望.
- 为了确定促进者和障碍者寻求帮助的年轻成年人与DSH的历史.
主要方法:
- 一项研究涉及222名患有DSH史的年轻人,通过问卷和关于寻求帮助动机的开放式问题,比较了寻求帮助和不寻求帮助的人.
- 第二项研究调查了110名DSH历史的年轻人,他们对社会支持和医疗保健专业人员的期望.
- 定性分析探讨了寻求或不寻求帮助的动机.
主要成果:
- 在寻求帮助和不寻求帮助的群体之间,在DSH严重程度,多样性,自杀念头和家庭冲突方面发现了显著的差异.
- 年轻人期望他们的社交网络和医疗保健工作者解决问题,保密,理解,信任,支持和减轻负担.
- 确定了寻求帮助的障碍和促进者,为干预策略提供了信息.
结论:
- 患有DSH的年轻成年人寻求帮助的行为受到自我伤害,自杀念头和家庭动态的严重程度的影响.
- 满足年轻人对支持和保密的期望对于有效的医疗保健参与至关重要.
- 识别和解决寻求帮助的障碍可以改善DSH青少年的干预结果.
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