创伤后应激障碍与荷兰多民族队列中的问题性酒精和大麻使用之间的关联:HELIUS研究
Christin Kühner1,2,3, Joanne P Will1, Sera A Lortye1
1Arkin Mental Health Care, Research Department, Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research, 1033 NN Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
International journal of environmental research and public health
|October 26, 2024
概括
创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 与少数民族的问题性物质使用有关. 这项研究发现,严重的PTSD症状与酒精/大麻使用之间的关联在各族群中是相似的.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 少数民族往往有更高的创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的比率.
- 问题性物质使用的流行程度在各个族群之间有所不同,结果各不相同.
- 创伤后应激障碍和物质使用之间的相互作用,以及其种族适度,研究不足.
研究的目的:
- 调查严重的PTSD症状与有问题的酒精和大麻使用之间的关联.
- 检查种族是否缓和了PTSD症状和物质使用之间的关系.
- 在一个大型的多民族群体中分析这些协会.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自HELIUS研究的自我报告数据 (N=22,841).
- 通过AUDIT/CUDIT评估问题性酒精/大麻使用和使用PSS-SR.严重的PTSD症状.
- 包括来自荷兰,南亚苏里南,非洲苏里南,加纳,土耳其和摩洛哥的参与者.
主要成果:
- 在严重的PTSD症状和有问题的酒精和大麻使用之间观察到显著的积极关联.
- 种族并没有显著缓解PTSD症状与有问题的物质使用之间的关联.
- 创伤后应激障碍和物质使用之间的关系在所有研究的族群中都是一致的.
结论:
- 严重的PTSD症状与有问题的酒精/大麻使用之间的联系在多民族人口中是显而易见的.
- 这种关联似乎不论种族背景都是一致的.
- 建议在有问题的物质使用者中对PTSD进行普遍查,反之亦然,不论种族.
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