Mental health and substance use characteristics of flight attendants versus other clients in residential treatment

E. G. Horton, N. Díaz, J. Mcilveen, Michael Weiner, Donald Mullaney
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Background: Limited research has been undertaken to understand mental health and substance use problems among flight attendants. Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare flight attendants to other clients in residential treatment for substance use disorders concerning differences in the severity of their substance use and mental health symptoms, number of prior treatments, suicidality, and quality of life. Method: Medical charts of 70 flight attendants admitted consecutively to a residential substance abuse treatment center were compared with the charts of 63 randomly selected other clients attending treatment during the same time period. Results: No statistically significant between-group differences were found in suicidality or quality of life. However, flight attendants reported fewer symptoms indicative of alcohol or other drug dependency, as well as of antisocial personality disorder. They also reported fewer prior treatment episodes. However, the flight attendants were significantly less willin...
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空乘人员与其他住院病人的心理健康和物质使用特征
背景:对空乘人员的心理健康和物质使用问题进行了有限的研究。目的:本研究的目的是比较接受药物使用障碍住院治疗的空乘人员与其他客户在药物使用和心理健康症状的严重程度、先前治疗次数、自杀倾向和生活质量方面的差异。方法:将连续入住某住宅药物滥用治疗中心的70名空乘人员的病历与同期随机抽取的63名其他患者的病历进行比较。结果:两组在自杀率和生活质量方面无统计学差异。然而,空乘人员报告的酒精或其他药物依赖以及反社会人格障碍的症状较少。他们也报告了更少的先前治疗事件。然而,空乘人员明显不太愿意……
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