有什么问题吗? 精神疾病患者的亲属中使用酒精的风险
Suzanne A McKeag1, Gordon L Flett1, Joel O Goldberg1
1Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada.
概括
患有严重精神疾病的亲属的家庭照顾者面临着高比例的危险酒精使用. 这些护理人员感到不被重视和支持,这凸显了有针对性的公共卫生干预措施的需要.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 照顾患有严重精神疾病 (SMI) 的亲属的家庭成员面临着独特的心理健康挑战.
- 这些风险被物质使用和缺乏社会支持所加剧.
- "重要" (对他人有意义的感觉) 的概念及其与这种人群中酒精使用的联系是研究不足的.
研究的目的:
- 调查危险的酒精使用与SMI患者的家庭照顾者之间的重要感觉之间的关系.
- 在这个人口群体中确定与危险饮酒相关的其他心理社会因素.
主要方法:
- 一项在线调查对与SMI的亲属住在一起的家庭成员进行了调查.
- 在AUDIT酒精查工具中,参与者被分为"不低风险的酒精使用"或"危险的饮酒"组.
- 统计分析检查了不同群体之间在重要,反重要,绝望,社会支持,心理健康服务问题,耻辱和心理健康方面的差异.
主要成果:
- 在这些护理人员中,危险的酒精使用率是一般人口的三倍.
- 患有危险饮酒的护理人员报告说,他们对他人及其SMI的亲属的关心感显著降低.
- 较高的反物质,绝望,感知耻辱和较低的心理幸福率与危险的酒精使用有关.
结论:
- 危险的酒精使用是SMI患者的家庭照顾者群体中严重的公共卫生问题.
- 旨在增加重要感和社会支持的干预措施对于减少这种弱势群体有害酒精使用至关重要.
- 解决心理健康需求和减少与照顾相关的耻辱是关键的公共卫生影响.
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