警察的心理健康状况与心理防御机制研究

心理防御机制对于警察的心理健康有重要作用。心理防御机制有很多种,通常表现为消极的心理防御机制和积极的心理防御机制。每个警察应该根据自己的情况进行借鉴和选择,以保持良好的心理状态。     

再议毒品所致精神障碍者的刑事责任能力评定

我国法律未规定毒品所致精神障碍者的刑事责任问题,国内法学界和司法精神病学界对此问题争论的焦点主要集中在吸毒者陷于辨认或控制能力丧失状态下实施危害行为时该如何评定其刑事责任能力上。毒品所致精神障碍者的刑事责任能力评定应从法律的角度来探讨,而不能由司法鉴定人员以精神病学的角度来认定有无刑事责任能力。     

浅议网络成瘾对青少年社会化的影响

要了解网络成瘾对青少年社会化的影响,首先必须了解造成青少年网络成瘾的社会背景和原因。在信息时代,青少年在学习、交友、家庭教育等方面不可避免地会遇到大量的问题和冲突,这也大大增加了他们惠上网络成瘾的可能性。青少年一旦成为网络成瘾者,他们的正常社会化进程将受到严重影响,具体表现在社会权威的树立、社会角色的形成、社会交往的模式三个方面。     

Plato and the origin of mental health

This essay examines the history of the concept of mental health. Its origin can be traced to Plato, who argued that immorality is to the soul what disease is to the body. The purpose of this argument was to answer those who thought that morality is a set of social conventions, and in that sense, is contrary to nature. Plato responded by turning to those who made a systematic study of nature – the medical writers of his day – and claiming that if proper balance is needed to maintain a healthy body, the same is true of the soul. Thus the natural state of the soul is one in which the various parts agree on which should rule. This does not mean that Plato sought to excuse immoral behavior by treating it as a medical condition, only that he regarded immoral behavior as contrary to nature and thus treatable. Although later attempts to define mental health are not as rigid as Plato's, it is remarkable how many of his insights are still applicable, in particular the claim that morality and mental health, though not identical, are nonetheless linked. A case in point is the experience of wanting something but not liking the fact that you want it. Plato regarded internal conflict of this sort as a paradigm case of psychic dysfunction. I argue that we can regard it as either a moral failing or a mental one.     

脑外伤所致精神障碍的影响因素

目的 对脑外伤所致各种精神障碍的发生率、表现形式及影响因素进行相关性研究.方法 以淮南市精神病医院近5年来进行医学鉴定的脑外伤所致各种精神障碍患者共388例为研究对象,在距脑外伤后6个月至1年内由至少3名精神科医师根据"中国精神疾病分类方案与诊断标准(第2版修订本)"(CCMD-2-R)对他们的精神状态进行评估.结果 (1)脑外伤所致精神障碍中智力障碍的发生率为74.2%,以轻度以下的智力障碍为主.(2)颅内血肿、脑干损伤、脑损伤范围、格拉斯哥分度量表评分(GCS)、合并精神障碍及文化程度对智力损伤程度的影响较大.(3)脑干损伤、颅内血肿、GCS、脑损伤范围、昏迷时间与有无智力障碍关系密切;脑损伤范围、脑挫裂伤、额叶损伤、颅内血肿与精神病性症状关系密切;额叶损伤、开颅治疗、颅内血肿与人格改变关系密切.结论 在颅脑创伤所致精神障碍的鉴定中,应结合颅脑创伤的性质,全面评估其精神状态.     

Susceptibility of Current Adaptive Behavior Measures to Feigned Deficits

The current study examined the susceptibility of the Adaptive Behavior Assessment System—2nd edition (ABAS-II; Harrison & Oakland, 2003) and the Scales of Independent Behavior—Revised (S1B-R; Bruininks, Woodcock, Weatherman, & Hill, 1996) to the feigning of adaptive functioning deficits. Using four different instruction sets, the authors evaluated whether the provision of diagnostic information (a form of coaching) improved participants’ ability to simulate adaptive deficits commensurate with a diagnosis of mental retardation. The authors found that the ABAS-II was quite vulnerable to believable manipulation by raters, while the SIB-R was not. In fact, exaggeration on the SIB-R was easily detected regardless of the information provided. Implications regarding the use of these measures in Atkins mental retardation evaluations are discussed.

Continuity of aggressive antisocial behavior from childhood to adulthood: The question of phenotype definition

Aiming to clarify the adult phenotype of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), the empirical literature on its childhood background among the disruptive behaviour disorders, such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder (CD), or hyperkinetic conduct disorder (HKCD), was reviewed according to the Robins and Guze criteria for nosological validity. At least half of hyperactive children develop ODD and about a third CD (i.e. AD/HD + CD or HKCD) before puberty. About half of children with this combined problem constellation develop antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) in adulthood. Family and adoption/twin studies indicate that AD/HD and CD share a high heritability and that, in addition, there may be specific environmental effects for criminal behaviours. “Zones of rarity” delineating the disorders from each other, or from the normal variation, have not been identified. Neurophysiology, brain imaging, neurochemistry, neurocognition, or molecular genetics have not provided “external validity” for any of the diagnostic categories used today. Deficient mental functions, such as inattention, poor executive functions, poor verbal learning, and impaired social interaction (empathy), seem to form unspecific susceptibility factors. As none of today's proposed syndromes (e.g. AD/HD or psychopathy) seems to describe a natural category, a dimensional behavioural phenotype reflecting aggressive antisocial behaviours assessed by numbers of behaviours, the severity of their consequences and how early is their age at onset, which will be closely related to childhood hyperactivity, would bring conceptual clarity, and may form the basis for further probing into mental, cognitive, biological and treatment-related co-varying features.     

Trends in Substance Use by Gender Among Participants in a Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program: 1998–2016

Understanding trends in substance use by gender among jail-based treatment program participants can inform policies and programs tailored to this population. Preprogram assessment data from 3509 individuals entering a jail-based substance use disorder treatment program in Missouri between 1998 and 2016 were analyzed. Primary outcome was program participants’ strongly preferred substances. Demographic covariates and drug preferences were compared between males and females. Average yearly trends in preferred substances were calculated. While 25.8% of the sample preferred heroin, it was more strongly preferred by women (36.4%) than men (22.0%, p < 0.0001). Alcohol and marijuana were preferred more by males. Overall, preferences for heroin and methamphetamine increased over time while alcohol, marijuana, and other stimulants decreased. Women being more likely to prefer heroin and the increasing preference for heroin over time are consistent with national trends. Offering evidence-based treatment like pharmacotherapy and gender-sensitive approaches can help address the needs of this vulnerable population.     

Adolescents’ Mental Health Outcomes According to Different Types of Exposure to Ongoing Terror Attacks

This study investigates the impact of several types of exposure to terror attacks on adolescents’ psychological outcomes in the context of ongoing terror. A total of 913 adolescents (51% girls) aged 12 to 18 years (12–13.6 = 33%; 13.7–15.6 = 38%; 15.7–18 = 28%) took part in the study. Detailed data were collected concerning objective, subjective and “mixed” types of exposure to terror, as well as demographics, post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), emotional and behavioral problems and overall psychological and psychiatric difficulties. Subjective exposure was found to be the most important contributor to adolescents’ post-traumatic stress and other mental health problems in this context. Gender also had important effects. The effects of objective and mixed types of exposure, as well as age, were less prominent. We did find, however, that the more adolescents consulted media, the less they experienced behavioral and emotional problems. Given that subjective experiences appear to be the best factor in explaining mental health outcomes when adolescents are confronted with persistent terror, the cognitive and emotional dynamics along with the coping behavior linked to such experiences merit further investigation.