性认同,抑郁症和青少年物质使用之间的联系
Devika Bhatia1, Owen Berg2, Robert Davies2
1University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Health Sciences Building, Suite 5242, 1890 N Revere Ct, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. devikabhatia47@gmail.com.
Child psychiatry and human development
|November 29, 2023
概括
性少数民族青年 (SMY) 的抑郁和吸毒率更高. 抑郁症显著影响性少数群体地位与青少年吸毒之间的联系,这表明它是干预的关键因素.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 心理健康 心理健康
背景情况:
- 性少数民族青年 (SMY) 面临更高的健康不良结果的风险,包括抑郁症和物质使用 (SU).
- 了解SMY中抑郁和SU之间的相互作用对于减少负面健康后果至关重要.
- 现有的研究表明,需要进一步调查这个脆弱人群中的这些关系.
研究的目的:
- 检查抑郁症在性少数群体地位和高中生各种物质使用行为之间的关系中起的缓解作用.
- 为了比较性少数民族青年和异性恋同龄人的抑郁症和物质使用率.
- 确定性少数群体青年中物质使用的潜在可修改的风险因素.
主要方法:
- 利用了对2019年青年风险行为调查 (n=13,677) 数据的共变量的加权后勤分析.
- 调整为包括种族/种族,性别和年龄在内的人口因素.
- 在性少数群体青年和异性恋青年之间比较了14种物质使用结果和抑郁率.
主要成果:
- 性少数群体的年轻人报告的抑郁率几乎是异性恋同龄人的两倍 (63.9%vs33.0%).
- 在SMY中,大多数物质使用的几率显著更高,但除了电子烟和酒精之外.
- 考虑到抑郁症后,SMY中药物使用的几率下降,大多数关系仍然显著.
结论:
- 与异性恋年轻人相比,性少数群体的年轻人患抑郁症和使用大多数物质的风险较高.
- 抑郁症始终调解性少数群体地位与青少年吸毒之间的关联,突出其作为可修改的风险因素的潜力.
- 在SMY中查和治疗抑郁症可能是减轻物质使用风险的有效策略.
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