德克萨斯州受哈维风影响的青少年的危机反应:差异分析中的差异分析
Trey Williamson1, Margaret M Sugg2, Devyani Singh3
1North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, North Carolina State University, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801, USA.
Journal of affective disorders
|May 20, 2024
概括
像哈维风这样的自然灾害会在全州范围内影响年轻人的心理健康. 德克萨斯州未暴露的青少年的抑郁和自杀念头增加与直接受影响的青少年相似,这表明了更广泛的溢出效应.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 灾难心理健康 灾难心理健康
背景情况:
- 哈维风是一个重大自然灾害,需要了解对儿童和青少年的长期心理健康影响.
- 需要进行研究来评估超出极端天气事件的直接后果的心理健康后果.
研究的目的:
- 为了分析德克萨斯州青年在哈维风发生前一年和之后一年的心理健康危机短信模式.
- 为了比较危机应对趋势的压力,焦虑,抑郁,自杀念头和自我伤害之间的年轻人暴露和未暴露于风哈维.
主要方法:
- 利用了德克萨斯州23,016名年轻人的每日匿名危机文本线 (CTL) 对话.
- 采用准实验性的差异分析来比较风前和后的文本趋势.
- 根据地区代码和县灾难声明的文本评估了哈维的暴露.
主要成果:
- 在哈维后暴露和未暴露的年轻人中观察到抑郁症和自杀念头的平行增加.
- 与直接受影响的社区相比,在未暴露的年轻人中发现抑郁症文本 (长达3个月) 和自杀念头 (1年) 的增加明显更大.
- 研究人口主要包括女性 (78.1%),14-17岁 (50.4%),白人 (38.9%) 和LGBTQ+ (51.2%) 的年轻人.
结论:
- 德克萨斯州不受哈维风直接影响的年轻人经历了与受影响者相似的抑郁和自杀念头的增加.
- 调查结果表明,自然灾害后的间接或溢出效应,如经济问题和媒体曝光,显著影响全州的青少年心理健康.
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