混合方法研究低收入美国退伍军人在全国范围内治疗目的的迷幻药的使用和态度
Jack Tsai1,2,3, Laura Witte1, Taylor Fate4
1National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, Homeless Programs Office, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA.
Journal of psychoactive drugs
|March 24, 2025
概括
迷幻药用于治疗是有趣的,但在美国退伍军人中没有研究过. 这项研究发现,在低收入退伍军人中,特别是那些有行为健康需求的退伍军人中,终身使用率为5.6%,合法化支持率为23.2%.
科学领域:
- 精神病学和行为科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 退伍军人事务 退伍军人事务
背景情况:
- 对心理健康状况的迷幻疗法越来越感兴趣.
- 关于美国退伍军人人口中迷幻药使用的有限研究.
- 需要了解退伍军人的治疗潜力和公众论.
研究的目的:
- 调查低收入美国退伍军人中用于治疗目的的迷幻药的使用率.
- 探索退伍军人的态度,以治疗应用为目的的迷幻合法化.
- 确定与迷幻药物使用相关的因素,并在这个人口群体中支持合法化.
主要方法:
- 从国家退伍军人无家可归和其他贫困经历 (NV-HOPE) 研究 (2023) 的定量和定性数据.
- 对1031名低收入美国退伍军人进行调查.
- 对终身患病率,对合法化的态度以及与行为健康和心理社会问题的关联进行分析.
主要成果:
- 治疗性迷幻药物使用的终身流行率为5.6%.
- 23.2%的退伍军人支持将迷幻药用于治疗目的的合法化.
- 在行为健康问题 (精神/物质使用障碍) 和心理社会问题 (如无家可归) 的退伍军人中,使用和支持合法化的可能性增加.
- 定性数据显示了不同的态度:与个人经验和感知到的好处相关的积极看法,与安全问题和有效性怀疑相关的负面看法.
结论:
- 迷幻药可能为低收入退伍军人提供治疗机会,特别是那些有重大行为和社会挑战的退伍军人.
- 在这个群体中,对于将迷幻药作为治疗方法合法化存在适度的支持.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索治疗潜力,并解决有关退伍军人的迷幻疗法的担忧.
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