大麻功效与青少年心理健康之间的关联
Lindsey A Hines1, Rebecca Cannings-John2, Jemma Hawkins3
1Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Drug and alcohol dependence
|June 19, 2024
概括
青少年高强度大麻使用与抑郁,焦虑和幻觉风险增加有关. 这项研究强调了在青少年心理健康服务中考虑大麻功效的必要性.
科学领域:
- 青少年心理健康 青少年心理健康
- 大麻研究 大麻研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 高强度大麻 (10%以上的delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) 在合法和非法市场上越来越普遍.
- 以前的研究将高强度大麻与成年人的精神健康障碍联系起来,但青少年的关联仍然没有被检查.
研究的目的:
- 调查大麻不同强度与青少年心理健康症状之间的关联.
- 确定高强度大麻使用是否与年轻人患抑郁症,焦虑症和听觉幻觉的风险增加有关.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及13-14岁青少年的全民研究.
- 关于大麻使用的自我报告数据 (没有,低,高强度) 和可能的抑郁症,焦虑症和听觉幻觉的症状.
- 经过调整以社会人口统计因素,烟草和酒精使用为准的统计分析.
主要成果:
- 在6672名参与者中,2.6%使用高强度大麻,0.6%使用低强度大麻.
- 青少年使用高强度大麻,但不是低强度,与非使用者相比,报告抑郁症 (OR 1.59),焦虑症 (OR 1.45) 和听觉幻觉 (OR 1.56) 症状的几率增加.
- 经过调整以考虑混因素后,这些关联仍然很重要.
结论:
- 高强度大麻使用与青少年可能出现精神健康障碍的风险增加有关.
- 目前的降低毒品危害的策略可能需要更新,以特别解决与年轻使用者的大麻功效相关的风险.
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