在法医人类学中对心理健康的讨论进行正常化
Erin B Waxenbaum1, Katharine C Pope2
1Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Journal of forensic sciences
|November 28, 2025
概括
法医人类学家面临代理创伤 (VT) 由于增加了案件工作的参与. 虽然许多人能够应对支持系统和专业资源,但对心理健康挑战的公开讨论仍然有限,强调需要改善支持.
科学领域:
- 法医人类学 法医人类学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 法医人类学家的角色已经扩大到传统环境之外,进入案例工作,增加了对死亡情感方面的接触.
- 这种扩大角色增加了代理创伤 (VT) 的风险,这是学科中未充分探索的领域.
- 现有的法医科学研究往往忽视了法医人类学家对心理健康的具体影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查代理创伤 (VT) 对法医人类学家的流行和影响.
- 确定在从业人员中引发压力和创伤的特定案例工作方面.
- 评估法医人类学家当前心理健康支持的可用性和利用率.
主要方法:
- 对114名在医疗法律领域工作的法医人类学从业者进行了一项调查.
- 该调查包括关于心理健康认可,支持系统以及触发/压力案例工作元素的问题.
- 受访者可以提供开放文本证词,详细说明他们的经历和应对机制.
主要成果:
- 涉及儿童/虐待儿童和在法庭作证的案件是最引发性的.
- 个人财务,工作与生活的平衡,主管互动和家庭/朋友沟通是主要的压力因素.
- 虽然注意到同事和主管的支持,但只有一半的人觉得可以公开讨论担忧.
结论:
- 法医人类学家表现出性,尽管与工作有关的重大压力和代理创伤 (VT).
- 在开放的沟通,心理健康正常化和现场内的全面支持系统中存在差距.
- 继续专注于解决VT对于更健康和可持续的法医人类学工作人员至关重要.
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