英語演講 醫(yī)學(xué)英語短文

CombatDepression

抗擊抑郁YangHui——Nephrologydepartment

楊卉腎臟科YangHui——Nephrologydepartment

Areyouhappy?你快樂嗎？Ifyouhavesymptomsofdepression,youarenotalone.IntheUSA,anestimated15%ofpeoplewillhavedepressionatsomepointinlife,andchancesofbecomingdepressedareevenhigherforcertainpeople.

如果你有抑郁癥的癥狀，你并不孤單。在美國，估計約有15％的人會在人生某個時期患上抑郁癥，對某些特定的人群來說機會甚至更大。How

common

is

depression?抑郁的普遍性15%Womenexperiencedepressiontwiceasoftenasmen,althoughmenaremorelikelytocommitsuicideasaresultofdepression.

女性抑郁癥患者是男性的兩倍，盡管男性因抑郁癥自殺。Separatedordivorcedindividuals,especiallymen,aremorelikelythanmarriedpeopletobecomedepressed.分居或離婚的人，尤其是男性，比??結(jié)婚的人更容易變得壓抑。Peoplewhohaveaseriousillnessaremorelikelytosufferfromdepression.身患重病的人更容易患上抑郁癥FourQuestions四個問題

1.Whatisdepression?

什么是抑郁癥

2.Whatcausesdepression?

引起抑郁癥的原因

3.Whatarethesymptoms?

抑郁癥的癥狀

4.Howisittreated?

如何治療

Depressionisamooddisorderthatcausesyoutofeelsadorhopelessforanextendedperiodoftime.Morethanjustaboutofthebluesortemporaryfeelingsofgrieforlowenergy,depressioncanhaveasignificantimpactonyourenjoymentoflife,yourwork,yourhealth,andthepeopleyoucareabout.

What

is

depression?什么是抑郁癥抑郁癥是一種使你在過長時間內(nèi)感到傷心或絕望的情緒障礙。不僅僅是對悲傷，或低能量的暫時的感受，抑郁還顯著影響到你的生活享受、工作、健康和你關(guān)心照顧的人。ClicktoaddTextClicktoaddTextClicktoaddTextClicktoaddTextClicktoaddTextClicktoaddTextDepressionaffectspeopledifferently.Somefeeldownforextendedperiodsoftime;forothersthefeelingsofdepressioncomeandgo.抑郁癥對人的影響不同。有些人長時間情緒低落，另一些人抑郁的心情此起彼伏。

Youcancontinuetoworkandtakecareofdailyactivitieswithshortepisodesofmilddepression.您可以繼續(xù)工作，照顧日?；顒佑休p度的抑郁。

Untreateddepressionmaymakeyoubeatriskforgettingmoredepressedorbe-comingphysicallyill.

未經(jīng)治療的抑郁癥可能會讓你處于危險越來越沮喪或成為身體生病。

Seriousdepression

cancausepeopletobecomeincapableofcommunicating,unabletodoroutineactivities,orsuicidal.嚴(yán)重抑郁會導(dǎo)致人無法正常交流，不能進行日常的活動，甚至自殺。

Depressionmaybetriggeredby（抑郁癥可能起因于）:Stressfullifeevents應(yīng)急生活事件Otherillnesses其他疾病Certaindrugsormedications某些藥物或治療Inheritedtraits.遺傳因素

2.What

causesdepression?引起抑郁癥的原因

Althoughcausesofdepressionarenotentirelyunderstood,weknowitislinkedtoanimbalanceinbrainchemistry.Oncetheimbalanceiscorrected,symptomsofdepressiongenerallyimprove.

雖然抑郁癥的病因不完全了解，我們知道它與大腦中化學(xué)物質(zhì)失衡有關(guān)，一旦失衡得到糾正??，抑郁癥的癥狀即癥狀改善。3.Whatarethesymptoms?抑郁癥的癥狀

Depressedmood心情郁悶Slowedthoughtsandspeech思考和語言緩慢Weightgainorweightloss體重減少Changesineatingandsleepinghabits飲食睡眠習(xí)慣的改變Difficultymakingdecisions難以抉擇Poormemory記憶力差I(lǐng)nabilitytoenjoyactivities不能享受活動Difficultygoingtoworkortakingcareofyourdailyresponsibilities.

工作和日常生活困難Feelingsofguiltandhopelessness;wonderingif

lifeisworthliving(common).

感到內(nèi)疚和無望。想知道人生的價值Preoccupationwiththoughtsofd