在地震暴露的寻求治疗的个体中,与不同的先前精神障碍相关的差异
Cate F Woods1, Virginia V W McIntosh1, Christopher M Frampton2
1School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
BJPsych open
|December 27, 2024
概括
以前的精神疾病史增加了创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 患者的临床复杂性. 然而,先前的疾病并不一定会增加创伤后PTSD的严重程度.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 以前的心理健康状况,特别是创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD),增加了在新的创伤后发展PTSD的风险.
- 关于特定的先前精神障碍如何影响现有PTSD患者的PTSD发展的研究是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查不同的先前存在的精神障碍是否与寻求严重地震相关痛苦治疗的个体的显著差异有关.
- 为了比较具有和没有先前精神障碍史的个体之间的结果,特别是比较那些先前患有PTSD的人与那些先前患有其他障碍的人.
主要方法:
- 这项研究比较了以前没有疾病史的人与以前有任何疾病史的人.
- 第二项比较检查了先前患有PTSD的个人与其他先前精神障碍的人.
- 收集的数据包括社会人口统计,创伤暴露,创伤前应急,生活事件和当前的心理功能.
主要成果:
- 具有任何先前精神疾病史的个人报告了更多的当前疾病,与没有先前病史的人相比.
- 在那些以前患有精神障碍的人中,患有创伤后应激障碍史的人比那些患有其他先前疾病的人报告了最近的生活事件.
结论:
- 以前的精神障碍史有助于PTSD寻求治疗的个人更大的临床复杂性,但不一定增加PTSD严重程度.
- 虽然灾后查应考虑先前患有精神障碍的人,但没有先前疾病的人也存在严重PTSD的风险.
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