努纳武特和格陵兰的法医精神病患者,服务和立法
Casey Upfold1, Christian Jentz2, Parnuna Heilmann3
1Forensic Psychiatry Program, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Canada.
International journal of law and psychiatry
|September 10, 2023
概括
努纳武特和格陵兰的法医精神病患者的诊断类似,包括精神病和物质使用障碍,尽管护理的区域差异很大. 这突显了联合北极研究和改善环极精神健康规划的潜力.
科学领域:
- 法医精神病学 法医精神病学
- 心理健康服务研究 心理健康服务研究
- 环极的健康状况
背景情况:
- 环极地区在心理健康护理方面面临着独特的挑战,特别是对于法医精神病患者来说.
- 关于努纳武特和格陵兰的法医精神病患者 (FPP) 种群的数据有限,这阻碍了基于证据的医疗保健规划.
- 将这些地区进行比较可以为北极地区的法医心理健康服务提供最佳实践信息.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较Nunavut和格陵兰的FPP患病率,心理健康服务和立法.
- 在环极法医精神病学中获得改善医疗保健规划的见解.
- 建立一个护理北极FPP模型的基础.
主要方法:
- 在努纳武特 (2018年) 和格陵兰 (2020年) 一年内对所有法医精神病学住院和门诊患者进行横截面研究.
- 患者人口统计,诊断,治疗和法律史的比较.
- 样本大小:努纳武特 (n=15),格陵兰 (n=93).
主要成果:
- 精神分裂症频谱/精神病症的高患病率 (87%的努纳武特,82%的格陵兰) 和物质使用障碍 (约. 两者中的2/3).
- 长期使用抗精神病药物的比例相似 (60%努纳武特,62%格陵兰) 和先前的定罪 (45%努纳武特,47%格陵兰).
- 格陵兰的门诊患者比例 (83%) 与努纳武特 (47%) 相比较高.
结论:
- 尽管立法和服务方面存在差异,但努纳武特和格陵兰的FPP在临床上表现出显著的相似之处.
- 这些发现支持未来的北极联合研究,并将北极FPP纳入国际研究中.
- 这项研究是制定法医精神病患者环极护理模式的关键第一步.
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