黑人美国人对幻觉辅助疗法的看法
Sierra Carter1, Grace Packard1, Callan Coghlan2
1Georgia State University, Department of Psychology, USA.
Journal of mood and anxiety disorders
|July 14, 2025
概括
黑人美国人对心理辅助疗法 (PAT) 的看法比白人美国人更为积极,即使考虑到历史上的排斥. 越来越多的兴趣和积极的观点与更大的抑郁症和PTSD症状严重程度在需要新型心理健康护理的黑人美国人有关.
科学领域:
- 精神病学和心理健康 精神病学和心理健康
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
背景情况:
- 迷幻辅助疗法 (PAT) 显示出对心理健康治疗的前景.
- 历史上的排斥和不道德的做法影响了黑人美国人对研究的信任.
- 了解PAT认知中的种族差异对于公平获取至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查黑人和白人美国人之间的PAT认知差异.
- 识别影响这些感知的因素,包括创伤,心理健康症状和感知障碍.
- 评估心理教育对PAT观点的影响.
主要方法:
- 在线调查对294名成年人进行了调查 (44%是黑人/非裔美国人或混合种族,56%是白人美国人).
- 参与者完成了对PAT知识和观点的基线评估.
- 提供了MDMA和psilocybin辅助疗法的精神教育,随后进行了教育后评估.
主要成果:
- 心理教育对所有参与者对PAT的兴趣和看法产生了积极的影响.
- 美国黑人参与者报告PAT比白人参与者在心理教育后的观点更为积极.
- 更大的抑郁症和PTSD症状严重程度与更高的基线兴趣和更积极的观点相关,特别是在黑人美国人中.
结论:
- 黑人美国人对PAT表现出更积极的看法和兴趣,特别是那些症状严重程度更高的人,尽管有历史研究不平等.
- 这些发现强调了研究小组需要多样化研究样本,并重建对黑人社区的信任.
- 在解决黑人美国人的心理健康需求方面,文化调整和可访问的PAT干预措施至关重要.
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