Mental Health Outcomes of Drug Conflict Among University Students at the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Mental Health Outcomes of Drug Conflict Among University Students at the U.S.-Mexico Border.
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美国-墨西哥边境大学生毒品冲突的心理健康结果。
DOI：
10.1037/trm0000029
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发表时间：
2015
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Benavides,NoraA
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作者：
O'Connor,Kathleen;Vizcaino,Maricarmen;Benavides,NoraA
这项横断面研究的目的是调查在2008年至2012年与毒品有关的武装冲突期间，与墨西哥关系密切的年轻人自我报告的负面心理健康结果的风险比对照组更大，以及创伤事件的类型和数量对心理健康结果的影响。使用哈佛创伤问卷和霍普金斯症状检查表，对202名居住在埃尔帕索-华雷斯城边境地区的大学生进行了抑郁、焦虑和创伤后应激症状的调查。与墨西哥有密切联系的学生报告的焦虑和创伤后应激症状的比例明显高于与墨西哥没有联系的学生，但抑郁症的比例没有显着差异。尽管超过三分之一的参与者报告说经历了5次或更多与毒品战争有关的创伤事件，但被限制在家中的影响最大。学生报告的创伤事件的频率以及焦虑和创伤后应激症状的发生率在与墨西哥有更大联系的学生中更高。所有学生中临床显著抑郁症状的发生率高于美国成年人的预期，但与所有美国大学生相当。这项研究提供了关于墨西哥毒品战争对心理健康影响的重要新数据。
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate to what extent young adults with close ties to Mexico were at greater risk for self-reported negative mental health outcomes than comparison groups during drug-related armed conflict from 2008 through 2012, and the effect of type and number of traumatic events on mental health outcomes. Using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist, 202 university students living in the El Paso–Ciudad Juárez border region were surveyed for symptoms of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress. Students with close ties to Mexico reported symptoms of anxiety and posttraumatic stress at significantly higher rates compared with those without connection to Mexico, but there was no significant difference in rates of depression. Although more than a third of participants reported experiencing 5 or more traumatic events connected with the drug war, being confined to home had the most significant effect. Frequency of traumatic events reported by students as well as rates of anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms were higher among students with greater connection to Mexico. Rates of clinically-significant depressive symptoms among all students were higher than expected for US adults but comparable with all US college students. This study presents important new data on the mental health effects of Mexico’s drug war.