酒精消费对成年人焦虑的长期影响:系统性审查
Simon D'Aquino1, Akaash Kumar1, Benjamin Riordan2
1Department of Psychology, La Trobe University, Australia.
Addictive behaviors
|May 1, 2024
概括
对酒精消费和长期焦虑的研究是有限的. 虽然一项研究发现低酒精摄入量与减少焦虑有关,但其他研究得出了不同的结果,表明需要进一步调查.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 酒精消费和焦虑的高患病率需要了解它们的长期关系.
- 在成年人中,酒精消费对焦虑的纵向影响尚不清楚.
结论:
- 关于酒精对焦虑的纵向影响,存在重大研究缺口.
- 现有的研究,主要是临床组,呈现不一致的结果.
- 需要对国家人口样本进行进一步的研究,以澄清剂量依赖关系.
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