Boyd Mary B, Mackey Marlene C, Phillips Kenneth D, Tavakoli Abbas
College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2006 Dec;27(10):1017-36. doi: 10.1080/01612840600943622.
African-American women report less alcohol and drug (AOD) use than Caucasian women. However, African-Americans disproportionately experience negative health and social consequences of AOD use. This is especially true for rural women, many of whom live in poverty and have debilitating co-morbid psychiatric disorders that go undiagnosed and treated. It is imperative that health professionals be knowledgeable about AOD use, co-morbid disorders, and how to screen for them. This manuscript is focused on examining rural African American women (n = 142) with and without AOD disorders on the following variables: drugs of abuse, Axis I psychiatric disorder, and adult and childhood victimization.
非裔美国女性报告的酒精和药物（AOD）使用量低于白人女性。然而，非裔美国人不成比例地承受着AOD使用带来的负面健康和社会后果。农村女性尤其如此，她们中的许多人生活贫困，患有未被诊断和治疗的使人衰弱的共病精神障碍。卫生专业人员必须了解AOD使用情况、共病障碍以及如何对其进行筛查。本手稿重点研究了142名有或没有AOD障碍的农村非裔美国女性在以下变量上的情况：滥用药物、轴I精神障碍以及成人和儿童期受侵害情况。
