广东工业大学814名学生健康危险行为分析

目的了解大学生健康危险行为特征,以便有针对性地开展高校健康教育。方法随机抽取广东工业大学814名工科大学生进行健康相关行为问卷调查。结果814名大学生总吸烟率为47.2%,饮酒率为92.9%。男生吸烟、饮酒、服食成瘾性药物及有性行为的比例明显高于女生。吸烟与饮酒、自杀意念、性行为呈正相关。结论应加强高校健康教育,学生健康责任感及自我保健意识是学校素质教育的重要内容。     

沈阳市城区高中生健康相关危险行为现状

目的了解沈阳市高中生健康相关危险行为现状,为开展健康教育和制定干预措施提供科学依据。方法在沈阳市城区9所高中分层抽取1 800名学生,采用匿名问卷方式调查最近1 a内的健康相关危险行为。结果高中生普遍存在健康相关危险行为,有63.28%的高中生不经常进行体育锻炼,38.83%不遵守交通规则,5.50%曾经离家出走,1.94%曾经尝试自杀,1.17%曾经使用毒品,2.67%的高中生发生过性行为。结论高中生存在多种易导致伤害的危险行为,应开展相关健康教育并制定干预措施,以提高学生健康水平。     

医学生自杀态度及影响因素调查

目的了解医学生的自杀态度以及影响因素，为自杀预防的健康教育工作提供资料。方法以整群抽样方法抽取某医科大学一年级、三年级本科学生，应用自杀态度问卷（QSA）进行调查。结果医学生对自杀总的态度（F）、对自杀性质的认识（F1）持矛盾或中立的态度，对自杀者（F2）、自杀者家属（F3）以及安乐死（F4）持理解或宽容的态度。65．9％的医学生表示需要预防自杀的知识和技巧。结论对医学生进行系统的自杀干预知识和技巧的培训是很有必要的。     

Suicidal poisonings with methadone in France: Results of a two year national survey by the Toxicovigilance Network

Context. Methadone is used in France since March 1995, only for opioid maintenance treatment, in a syrup form. For the launching of a capsule form in April 2008, French health authorities requested a prospective survey of all cases involving exposure to methadone in either of the two available pharmaceutical forms. Objective. The aim was to document, in different circumstances and compare the safety of the new capsule form to the syrup. This report presents the findings of one arm of the study, devoted to methadone-related suicide attempts. Materials and method. From April 15, 2008 to April 15, 2010, all self-injurious methadone poisonings notified to or managed by the French Toxicovigilance Centers network were included. Analysis mainly focused on patients’ age and gender, estimated quantity ingested, eventual concomitantly taken substances, distribution of symptoms, and site of treatment. Results. 135 methadone-related suicide attempts were recorded. Analysis showed identical epidemiologic and clinical patient characteristics for the two pharmaceutical forms. Ten deaths occurred. The only discrepancy was a higher incidence of suicide attempts in the capsule group. However, as the number of capsule-treated patients increased during the second year, this difference remained significant but tended to decrease. Discussion. Combining these results with Pharmacovigilance and Addictovigilance arms, health authorities estimated that the benefit/risk balance of this new pharmaceutical form remains positive. They revised their position on requirements for prescribing and dispensing of the capsule form, and made them slightly easier. Following this, this “suicide” arm of Toxicovigilance survey was suspended, whereas the second one, concerning accidental pediatric methadone-related poisonings, has been extended until April 2014. Conclusion. In France, suicide attempts were more likely to occur with the capsule formulation. The clinical severity of intoxication was similar between the capsule and liquid forms.     

Santé mentale des adolescents selon leur attirance sexuelle : enquête en milieu scolaire

IntroductionAlthough homosexuality is a subject often addressed by the media, little is said about homosexuality in adolescents who are particularly affected by the question of sexual orientation. This work aims to study the mental health of adolescents who report being exclusively attracted to members of the same sex. We explore the evidence for an association between homosexuality and depression, suicide attempts, and consulting a psychiatrist or a psychologist.MethodsWe used data from the cross-sectional study “Adolescent Portraits – A Multicenter Epidemiological Survey in Schools in 2013” (CHU Fondation Vallée, Inserm CESP U1018). Data were gathered through the use of an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire (348 questions) given to students between the “4^e” and “terminale school” years (comparable to the 8th and 12th grade in the U.S. education system) in three contrasting French geographical areas. The risk of depression was measured using the Adolescent Depression Rating Scale (ADRS).ResultsThe results reflect the survey responses provided by 15,235 young people. Of these, 1.5 % reported only being attracted to members of the same sex (homosexual group). This group contained twice as many girls as boys. Students who did not report sexual attraction, who reported bisexual attraction, or who did not answer the question were excluded from the results (830 students). In the homosexual group, 24 % presented with depression versus 11.5 % of those attracted exclusively to members of the opposite sex (heterosexual group). There is also a significant difference between sexes: 13.2 % of boys in the homosexual group were depressed compared to 29.3 % of girls in the same group; 6.7 % of boys in the heterosexual group reported being depressed versus 16.1 % of girls in the same group. In the heterosexual group, 10.7 % of respondents reported having already made at least one suicide attempt versus 20.7 % of those in the homosexual group. There was a difference according to sex, since 6.3 % of boys in the heterosexual group had a history of attempted suicide versus 14.9 % of girls in the same group. This gap disappeared completely within the homosexual group, as 21.4 % of boys and 20.4 % of girls had already made at least one suicide attempt at the time of the survey. Depressed adolescents in the homosexual group also reported a higher number of previous suicide attempts than those in the heterosexual group (46.9 % versus 31.6 %). In terms of sex, 25.3 % of depressed boys in the heterosexual group made at least one suicide attempt versus 34.1 % of girls. In the homosexual group, 44.4 % of depressed boys reported having made at least one suicide attempt versus 47.5 % of depressed girls. Adolescents in the homosexual group were significantly more likely to report having consulted a psychiatrist or psychologist than those in the heterosexual group (14.6 % versus 6.5 %), regardless of sex (16.7 % versus 4.7 % for boys; 13.5 % versus 8.2 % for girls). This difference was also found among depressed subjects (26.0 % in the homosexual group versus 15.4 % in the heterosexual group). Sexual activity (having already had sex) was higher in the homosexual group than in the heterosexual group (53.7 % versus 37.5 %), and this difference remained significant after adjusting for age. Fifty percent of the sexually active homosexual respondents reported having engaged in sexual activity of a homosexual nature versus 0.7 % of sexually active heterosexual respondents. In the homosexual group, mental suffering appeared to be more severe among sexually active subjects, in terms of dark thoughts (64 % versus 46 %) and a prior history of attempted suicide (29.3 % versus 10 %), but not in terms of depression (27.9 % versus 18.9 %; NS).ConclusionYoung people who reported being exclusively attracted to members of the same sex presented a higher level of mental distress compared to those who reported being attracted to members of the opposite sex. This was especially the case for boys. These findings led to the identification of risk and protective factors that can inform the development of appropriate preventive measures.     

Nine differentially expressed genes from a post mortem study and their association with suicidal status in a sample of suicide completers,attempters and controls

Several lines of evidence indicate that suicidal behaviour is partly heritable, with multiple genes implicated in its aetiology. We focused on nine genes (S100A13, EFEMP1, PCDHB5, PDGFRB, CDCA7L, SCN2B, PTPRR, MLC1 and ZFP36) which we previously detected as differentially expressed in the cortex of suicide victims compared to controls. We investigated 84 variants within these genes in 495 suicidal subjects (299 completers and 196 attempters) and 1513 controls (109 post-mortem and 1404 healthy). We evaluated associations with: 1) suicidal phenotype; 2) possible endophenotypes for suicidal behaviour. Overall positive results did not survive the correction threshold. However, we found a nominally different distribution of EFEMP1 genotypes, alleles and haplotypes between suicidal subjects and controls, results that were partially replicated when we separately considered the subgroup of suicide completers and post-mortem controls. A weaker association emerged also for PTPRR. Both EFEMP1 and PTPRR genes were also related to possible endophenotypes for suicidal behaviour such as anger, depression-anxiety and fatigue. Because of the large number of analyses performed and the low significance values further replication are mandatory. Nevertheless, neurotrophic gene variants, in particular EFEMP1 and PTPRR, may have a role in the pathogenesis of suicidal behaviour.