青少年心理健康和物质使用的20年变化:芬兰基于人口的时间趋势研究
Kaisa Mishina1,2, Emmi Heinonen1,2, Lotta Lempinen1,2
1Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, 20014, Finland.
European child & adolescent psychiatry
|July 10, 2024
概括
芬兰青少年心理健康显示,在过去二十年中,情绪症状的增加令人担忧,特别是在女性中. 在此期间,两性中物质使用量都在下降.
科学领域:
- 青少年心理健康研究研究
- 公共卫生趋势 公共卫生趋势
- 心理社会发展 心理社会发展
背景情况:
- 青少年心理健康是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题.
- 纵向数据对于理解青少年福祉趋势至关重要.
- 年轻人中药物使用模式需要持续监测.
研究的目的:
- 检查1998年至2018年芬兰青少年心理健康和物质使用的时间趋势变化.
- 确定特定的人口群体在心理健康指标中经历了重大变化.
- 评估20多年来精神健康问题和物质使用模式的同时发生情况.
主要方法:
- 使用了时间趋势研究设计,分析了来自四项横截面调查 (1998年,2008年,2014年,2018年) 的数据.
- 使用优势和困难问卷 (SDQ) 来评估13-16岁青少年的心理健康状况.
- 分析的精神病理测量作为分类 (临床范围) 和连续变量.
主要成果:
- 在青少年女性中观察到情绪症状的显著增加,临床范围的情绪症状在1998年至2018年间从17.5%上升到30.1%.
- 对连续变量的分析证实了女性情绪问题增加的一贯线性趋势.
- 在研究期间,两种性别的药物使用量同步下降.
结论:
- 这些发现凸显了青少年女性自我报告的情绪问题惊人增加,强调了早期检测的必要性.
- 针对青少年焦虑和抑郁症的基于证据的干预措施对于预防长期不良结果至关重要.
- 公共卫生战略应应对青少年日益增长的心理健康挑战,同时承认物质使用的下降.
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