De Arango M V, De López R
Acta Psiquiatr Psicol Am Lat. 1975 Mar;21(1):24-7.
This paper briefs a research on the influence of stressing environmental factors upon mental health conditions of university students. The study was undertaken at the Student Psychiatric Service, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Three equal periods are compared. The first is a normal one; the others are disorderly and riotous, up to the point of foreing the discontinuance of academic activities for several months. As compared with the period of academic stability, the rates of mental disturbances show a steep rise in the periods of agitation. Schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, all kinds of difficulties in interpersonal relations, and somatic disturbances, are sharply increased, whereas complaints of less severe disturbances, like transient situational disorders, level up or decrease. Another significant rise is registered in the use of drugs for therapeutic purposes. The study leads to the conclusion that stress due to environmental disorders or social upheavals is an important factor in the aethiology of severe mental disturbances.
本文简述了一项关于环境压力因素对大学生心理健康状况影响的研究。该研究在哥伦比亚卡利市瓦尔大学的学生精神科服务中心进行。比较了三个相等的时间段。第一个是正常时间段；其他时间段则混乱无序，甚至导致学术活动中断数月。与学术稳定期相比，精神障碍发生率在动荡时期急剧上升。精神分裂症、抑郁症、焦虑症、各种人际关系困难以及躯体障碍都大幅增加，而诸如短暂情境性障碍等不太严重的障碍投诉则持平或减少。用于治疗目的的药物使用量也显著增加。该研究得出结论，环境紊乱或社会动荡所导致的压力是严重精神障碍病因学中的一个重要因素。
