在世界各地的被迫流离失所者中出现焦虑和情绪障碍
Meryam Schouler-Ocak1, James Kennth Moran2
1Psychiatric University Clinic of Charité at St. Hedwig Hospital Berlin.
Current opinion in psychiatry
|November 16, 2023
概括
全球不稳定正在增加全球流离失所者的数量. 这些人经历了更高的焦虑率,情绪障碍和创伤后应激障碍,由于创伤和挑战在东道国.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 心理健康 心理健康
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 在过去的十年中,全球流离失所人口显著增加,预测显示,由于全球不稳定性不断升级,流离失所人口将进一步增加.
- 了解和解决流离失所者面临的心理健康挑战至关重要,因为他们逃离家园,并在东道国建立新的生活.
研究的目的:
- 审查流离失所者中普遍存在的心理健康问题.
- 为了确定在这个人群中导致心理健康症状严重性的因素.
- 为流离失所的个人探索成功的干预策略.
主要方法:
- 对流离失所人口心理健康现有文献的系统审查.
- 对焦虑,情绪障碍和创伤后应激障碍的流行率的分析.
- 检查原产国和东道国的促成因素.
- 评估个人和机构层面的跨文化干预措施.
主要成果:
- 与东道国人口相比,流离失所者表现出更高的焦虑,情绪障碍和创伤后应激障碍的流行率.
- 在原籍国和过境期间的创伤经历对症状严重程度有很大影响.
- 东道国的因素,如隔离,歧视和低社会支持,加剧了心理健康状况.
- 成功实施的跨文化干预措施存在于个人和机构层面.
结论:
- 针对流离失所者的干预措施显示出成功实施的前景.
- 扩大干预措施以应对流离失所人口的全球挑战仍然是一个重大障碍.
- 持续的研究和资源配置是必要的,以有效地支持流离失所者的心理福祉.
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