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第15篇-医疗健康类（选自《卫报》2012年11

月）——P291

Asimplecomputertestthathasthepotentialtospotchildrenwho

areatriskofdevelopingdepressionoranxietydisordershasbeencreated

byBritishpsychiatrists.

The20-minutetestcouldbeusedtoscreenchildreninthefirsttwo

yearsofsecondaryschool,alertingdoctorstothosemostlikelyto

succumbtothedebilitatingillnesses,researcherssay.

TheCambridgeUniversityteambelievesthatscreening11-and

12-year-oldscouldhelppreventscoresofcasesofdepressionandanxiety,

orcatchthemearlyon,whentreatmentscanbemoresuccessful.

Apreliminarystudyfoundthatchildrenwhoperformedpoorlyon

thetestwerweentwoandeighttimesmorelikelytobedepresseda

yearlaterthanthosewhoscoredwell.“Themoreerrorsmade,thegreater

therisk,”saidIanGoodyer,professorofchildandadolescentpsychiatry,

wholedtheresearch.

Thetest,describedinthejournalPlosOne,exposesdifficultiesthat

somepeoplehaveinprocessingemotionalinformation,whichare

associatedwithasusceptibilitytomentalillness.Theteamhassince

embarkedonafollow-upstudytoassesshowusefulthetestcouldbe.

“Wedonotknowhowgoodapredictorthistestis,butthisstudy

providessufficientvaliditytotestitinthefield,”saidGoodyer.

Depressionandanxietyareanenormousburdenonpublichealth.In

agivenyear,oneinfourpeopleinBritainwillhaveamentalhealth

problem,withthemajoritydiagnosedwithdepressionoranxiety.

AccordingtotheKing’sFund,depressioncostEngland￡7.5bnin

treatment,servicesandlostemploymentin2007alone.

“Effective,earlytreatmentmaypreventthecourseofdepression

frombecomingchronicandrelapsing,”saidBarbaraSahakian,professor

ofclinicalneuropsychology,andseniormemberoftheteam.“Thiswill

beofgreatbenefittotheindividual’swellbeing,andtheabilityto

functionatschool,workandhome.”Threequartersoflifetimecasesof

mentalillnessemergebeforeof24.

Forthestudy,theresearchersdrewon238boysandgirlsaged