在校正服务工作人员中,创伤,心理困扰和寻求帮助之间的关系
Daniel A J Collins1,2, Richard A Bryant3, Aimee Gayed4,2
1Black Dog Institute, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia daniel.collins@blackdog.org.au.
Occupational and environmental medicine
|April 11, 2024
概括
校正服务工作者 (CSWs) 显示可能患有创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的比例很高. 很少有CSW打算寻求心理健康支持,强调对可访问干预措施的关键需求.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 校正服务工作者 (CSWs) 面临创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 和心理健康问题的风险增加.
- 现有的关于社会劳工中PTSD患病率和寻求帮助行为的研究是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 确定澳大利亚CSWs中PTSD和心理痛苦的患病率.
- 确定影响该人口寻求心理健康服务意向的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面的在线调查收集了有关人口统计,就业,PTSD症状和痛苦的数据.
- 二元逻辑回归分析了在可能患有PTSD或高危情绪的个体中寻求帮助的意图的预测因素.
- 参与者获得了个性化的反和精神卫生服务的转介.
主要成果:
- 在1001名参与者中,超过一半 (58.0%) 符合可能的PTSD标准.
- 三分之一的受访者 (33.0%) 报告了高度的心理痛苦.
- 只有34.3%的可能患有PTSD或高危情绪的人打算寻求帮助;年龄较大和服务年数较少预测了更高的意图.
结论:
- 与之前记录的相比,CSWs的可能PTSD率更高.
- 尽管有量身定制的支持,但在CSWs中寻求帮助的意图中存在很大的差距.
- 未来的研究应该探索组织支持在促进寻求帮助行为中的作用.
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