抑郁症的检测

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健康报道 抑郁症的检测

这里是《美国之音特别英语》的报道。

抑郁症是一种病态，在此状态下，人具有强烈的悲伤情绪，这种情绪到了影响人的日常正常生活。

缺乏活力、对曾经感兴趣的事情也没兴趣了、思维出问题、失眠、胃口不好、有自杀的念头都是抑郁症的常见征兆。一些身体上的不适症状：比如头痛、背疼和胃疼都都与抑郁症有潜在的关联。

很多时候，抑郁症患者并没有意识到他们自己的悲伤状态是病态，所以不寻求医学治疗。

医学专家说，每个人都会受抑郁情绪的影响，没有方法能阻止它。然而，它是可以治疗的，患者治疗得越早，效果越好。

在美国，抑郁症非常普遍，大约有2.000.000患者，然而，有三分之二的人没有去寻求医生的帮助。

美国预防服务工作组由很多健康专家组成，该组织对出版的研究成果进行了核查，并且对预防保健方面提出了很多建议。

美国预防服务工作组最近出版了一项研究，该研究说，医生在正常的上班时间应该对成年病人做“抑郁症”检查。Alfred Berg是西雅图华盛顿大学的博士，他是此项研究的领导。他说，没有证据显示哪一种抑郁症的检测方法好，哪一种差，有时，问几个简单的问题比一些复杂的检测方法效果还要好。比如像这样的问题：在最近的两个周你是否感到悲伤和绝望？你是否在做任何事情受都没有兴趣或愉悦感？如果患者对任何一问题回答是，医生将进一步问更多的问题。这些问题帮助医生确认，患者的症状是否是短暂性的，或症状持续的时间是否超过了正常的范围，或是否涉及到日常的生活。

专家说，药物有可能成功治愈抑郁症，不用药物，专业的心理医生通过谈话的方式也可以治疗抑郁症。

这里是《美国之音.特别英语.健康报道》。Lawan Davis编稿。

英文原文如下：”

HEALTH REPORT

Testing for Depression

作者：Lawan Davis　

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.

Depression is a medical condition that causes intense feelings of sadness. Depression interferes with daily life.

Common signs of depression are lack of energy, loss of interest in things you once enjoyed, difficulty thinking, problems sleeping or eating and thoughts of death. Depression also can be hidden by physical problems such as headache, back pain, and stomach sickness. 。

Often, people suffering depression do not realize their feelings of sadness are due to a medical condition. They do not seek medical treatment. Medical experts say depression can affect anyone. There is no way to prevent it. However, the disease can be treated successfully. The sooner an affected person gets medical help, the better the chances of a quick and full recovery.

Depression is a common illness in the United States. It affects about twenty-million adults. However, as many as two-thirds of them do not seek medical treatment for depression.

The United States Preventive Services Task Force is a group of health experts. The group examines published research and makes suggestions about preventive health care.

The Preventive Services Task Force recently published a study that says doctors should test all adult patients for depression during normal office visits. Alfred Berg of the University of Washington in Seattle led the study. Doctor Berg says there is no evidence that one method of testing for depression works better than another method. He says asking two simple questions worked as well as using more complex methods.

The two questions are: "Have you felt sad or hopeless during the past two weeks?" And, "Have you felt little interest or happiness in doing things?" If a patient answered "yes" to either question, the doctor asked more detailed questions. These questions helped establish whether the problems were temporary or if they had lasted longer than a normal time. The questions also established if the problems interfered with the patient's daily activities.

Medical experts say patients can be successfully treated for depression with medicines or by talking with a trained professional who treats mental disorders.

This VOA Special English Health Report was written by Lawan Davis.