University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, USA.
University of Southern California, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society, USC Center for Mindfulness Science, USC Institute for Addiction Science, USA.
Psychiatry Res. 2021 Dec;306:114292. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114292. Epub 2021 Nov 17.
We examined the symptom trajectories of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety among 1,230 American veterans assessed online one month prior to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States (February 2020) through the next year (August 2020, November 2020, February 2021). Veterans slightly increased mental health symptoms over time and those with pre-pandemic alcohol and cannabis use disorders reported greater symptoms compared to those without. Women and racial/ethnic minority veterans reported greater symptoms pre-pandemic but less steep increases over time compared to men and white veterans. Findings point to the continued need for mental health care efforts with veterans.
我们调查了 1230 名美国退伍军人在新冠疫情在美国爆发前一个月(2020 年 2 月)到次年(2020 年 8 月、11 月、2021 年 2 月)期间 PTSD、抑郁和焦虑症状的轨迹。退伍军人的心理健康症状随着时间的推移而略有增加,与没有酒精和大麻使用障碍的退伍军人相比,有这些障碍的退伍军人报告的症状更多。女性和少数族裔退伍军人在疫情前的症状更严重,但与男性和白人退伍军人相比,症状的增长幅度较小。研究结果表明,需要继续为退伍军人提供心理健康护理。