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在双相情感障碍中,lithum的抗自杀作用:是否存在特定于年龄的影响?
Kanita Dervic1, Leo Sher2, Hanga C Galfalvy3
1Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Division of Psychosomatics, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine/University Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
Journal of affective disorders
|August 24, 2023
概括
服用的42岁以上老年双极性患者与服用瓦尔酸盐或服用两种药物的年轻患者相比,显著减少了自杀行为. 这一发现强调了的价值.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
- 临床神经科学 临床神经科学
背景情况:
- 以前的研究表明,在双相情感障碍患者中,和氨酸的总体抗自杀作用相似.
- 目前的研究旨在探索影响抗自杀功效的因素,特别是在老年人中.
研究的目的:
- 在高风险的双极性自杀企图中调查与氨酸的抗自杀功效与年龄相关的差异.
- 为了确定与酸相比,显示出优越的抗自杀作用的特定年龄组.
主要方法:
- 一项为期2.5年的随机,双盲试验,涉及94名 (n=94) 高风险的双极性自杀未遂者.
- 在和氨酸治疗组之间,与年龄相关的抗自杀作用的比较.
- 分析了包括双相情感障碍的流行率和自杀企图死亡率在内的因素.
主要成果:
- 年龄显著减轻了与酸的抗自杀作用 (z = -1.98,p = 0.049).
- 服用的42岁及以上 (第75百分位) 患者的自杀行为风险明显低于服用酸的老年患者或服用两种药物的年轻患者 (相互作用HR = 0.09,p = 0.039).
- 这种与年龄相关的疗效差异独立于二极性情绪障碍诊断,过去的自杀尝试死亡率和纵向测量的药物水平.
结论:
- 42岁以上的双极性患者随机获得,与服用瓦尔酸盐的同龄患者或服用任何一种药物的年轻患者相比,他们表现出较低的自杀行为.
- 在老年人中增强的抗自杀作用似乎独立于临床和社会人口因素.
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