步行精神健康:在流行病中跨越障碍
Ian Wellspring1, Kirthana Ganesh1, Kimberly Kreklewetz1
1University of British Columbia (Okanagan), Kelowna, Canada.
PloS one
|May 31, 2024
概括
一次性治疗 (SST) 提供了可访问的心理健康支持,客户报告了积极的经验和减少了护理障碍. 然而,疫情导致抑郁率降低,但SST用户的自杀倾向增加.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 心理健康服务研究 心理健康服务研究
背景情况:
- 一次性治疗 (SST) 为等待长期心理健康服务的个人提供简短的,基于证据的干预措施.
- 虽然COVID-19大流行对全球心理健康产生了重大影响,但SST模型中对其影响的研究仍然有限.
- 现有的研究主要集中在疫情期间医院和长期服务环境中的心理健康.
研究的目的:
- 评估客户对简短的心理健康服务的经验,使用单次会议治疗.
- 调查在COVID-19大流行期间SST解决的心理健康问题的性质.
- 在SST背景下,比较大流行之前和期间的心理健康指标.
主要方法:
- 利用客户反表格的定性分析来获得主题见解.
- 使用计算机自适应测试-心理健康 (CAT-MH) 进行定量心理健康评估.
- 在CAT-MH数据上进行了个人资料分析,以比较大流行前和大流行期间的心理健康指标.
主要成果:
- 定性主题包括情感支持 (安全空间) 和信息支持 (推).
- 客户报告了诸如不需要预约和不需要费用之类的好处,但指出了诸如不够的会话数量等局限性.
- 与流行病前 (M = 64.2) 相比,CAT-MH数据显示,流行病期间的抑郁率较低 (M = 59.78),但积极的自杀性旗的发病率较高 (54对29).
结论:
- 单一会话疗法展示了积极的客户体验,提供可访问的情感和信息支持.
- 这项研究在SST中发现了一种意想不到的趋势,即在疫情期间,抑郁症的减少与自杀倾向的增加.
- 调查结果突出了大流行期间独特的心理健康格局,以及SST在解决不断变化的客户需求中的作用.
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