精神病是一种被忽视的公共卫生问题
Melanie A Chinchilla1, Dennis E Reidy2, David S Kosson3,4
1Private Practice, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Frontiers in psychiatry
|January 23, 2026
概括
精神病特征显著影响公共健康,导致滥用物质,性风险和暴力. 承认精神病变是一种公共卫生问题,对于制定有效的预防和政策策略至关重要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
背景情况:
- 心理病在刑事司法中得到了广泛的研究,但其对公共健康的影响被忽视.
- 精神病态的特征与财务之外的重大社会成本有关,包括通过虐待,操纵,欺骗和暴力对关系的伤害.
研究的目的:
- 审查经验证据,将精神病特征与公共卫生问题联系起来.
- 倡导认可精神病症作为一个独特的公共卫生问题.
- 突出公共卫生镜头如何推进研究和预防.
主要方法:
- 经验证据的系统审查.
- 分析精神病态特征与滥用药物,性风险行为和暴力之间的联系.
- 考虑公共政策影响.
主要成果:
- 强有力的经验证据将精神病特征与滥用物质联系起来.
- 精神病特征与增加的性风险行为密切相关.
- 精神病特征与各种形式的暴力之间存在着显著的相关性.
结论:
- 实质性证据将精神病特征与关键公共卫生问题联系起来,需要将其视为公共卫生问题.
- 从公共卫生角度看,忽视精神病症会阻碍研究和制定有针对性的预防策略.
- 采用心理病的公共卫生框架对于告知公共政策和减轻社会伤害至关重要.
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