没有精神疾病的人自杀:什么让你容易受到伤害?
L Sher1,2,3
1Inpatient Psychiatry, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians
|December 9, 2023
概括
自杀影响了许多人,即使没有精神疾病. 压力,缺乏支持和身体状况等因素增加了风险,突出了需要更广泛的预防策略.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 自杀是一个全球性的健康危机,通常与精神疾病有关.
- 然而,大量的自杀发生在没有被诊断为精神疾病的个体中.
- 这种被忽视的人口需要集中注意力进行有效的预防.
研究的目的:
- 突出在没有精神疾病的个体中自杀的问题.
- 探索对这一人口群体的促成因素和潜在预防策略.
- 强调需要扩大自杀预防研究和资源的需要.
主要方法:
- 对现有关于非精神病患者自杀的文献的综述.
- 在没有精神病诊断的个体中分析与自杀相关的因素.
- 讨论对临床实践和公共卫生政策的影响.
主要成果:
- 没有精神疾病的个体的自杀与生活压力因素,有限的社会支持和冲动性等特征有关.
- 没有精神疾病的退伍军人可能面临更高的自杀风险.
- 身体疾病,特别是那些引起疼痛的疾病,与这个群体的自杀风险增加有关.
结论:
- 发育,遗传和身体因素可能会影响非精神病患者的自杀心理生物学.
- 促进恢复力和加强临床医师在预防自杀方面的培训至关重要.
- 将一些预防资源转移到一般人群和提高公众意识可以降低自杀率.
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