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Language and Mental Health 語(yǔ)言與心理健康

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Language and Mental Health

語(yǔ)言與心理健康

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　　By Faith Pirlo

　　18 January 2024

　　In recent years, more and more people have been talking about mental health. The pandemic made many people feel isolated or alone. The isolation caused some people to struggle more with their mental health.

　　Different countries and cultures have different ideas about mental health. In the United States, conversations about mental health and mental illness are changing. Many well-known people have come forward and shared their mental health journeys through books and social media.

　　As ideas about mental health change, so does the language we use to talk about the issue.

　　In today's Everyday Grammar, we will talk about the language of mental health.

　　Let's start with the question, "What is mental health?"

　　What is mental health?

　　"Mental health" contains the adjective "mental" and the noun "health." Together, the words become a compound noun meaning the conditions around one's mental and emotional well-being.

　　If someone has good mental health, they are in good emotional and mental condition.

　　Now let's look at "mental illness." Mental illness is a compound noun with the same adjective "mental," but with the noun "illness." If someone has a mental illness, they have a medical condition that affects their mind, personality or emotions.

　　The illness harms their mental functioning and can affect their thinking, feelings and behaviors. Examples of mental illnesses include depression and anxiety.

　　The word "disorder" may also be used with some mental illnesses. For example, you may know someone who has an anxiety disorder.

　　Person-focused language

　　When we talk about someone's mental health, it is important to use the right words. We want to be respectful of the person and understanding of their situation. We can use language that is centered on the person rather than their mental health issues.

　　One way to do this is to say a person is "living with" their condition.

　　The structure for this is:

　　Subject + verb live + preposition with + noun form of illness.

　　Kurt lives with anxiety.

　　Another acceptable and simple way to describe Kurt would be to say "Kurt has anxiety."

　　The structure for that is: Subject + verb have + noun form of illness.

　　We can use this instead of using an adjective form of their mental health condition, as in "Kurt is an anxious person."

　　Avoid stereotypes

　　It is also important to avoid certain words in some settings. For example, words like "psycho" and "crazy" may seem informal and acceptable to use, but they can cause harm. The word "psycho," when used informally, means an unstable and aggressive person.

　　For example: Her ex-boyfriend is such a psycho.

　　"Psycho" is related to "psychosis," a mental disorder in which a person has a disconnection from reality. Experts say using such words outside of a mental health discussion can lead to stigma. Stigma is a set of negative beliefs that a culture has about something. Stigma can prevent people from seeking help with their own mental illnesses.

　　Final thoughts

　　In today's Everyday Grammar we talk about the best words and language to use when talking about mental health. We learned how to use person-centered language to talk about someone with a mental illness. And we learned that some words should be avoided to help end the stigma around mental illness.

　　I'm Faith Pirlo.

　　Faith Pirlo wrote this lesson for VOA Learning English.

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　　作者：Faith Pirlo

　　日期：2024年1月18日

　　近年來(lái)，越來(lái)越多的人開始談?wù)撔睦斫】怠Ｒ咔槭乖S多人感到孤獨(dú)和隔離，這種孤立使一些人的心理健康問(wèn)題更加嚴(yán)重。

　　不同的國(guó)家和文化對(duì)心理健康有著不同的理解。在美國(guó)，關(guān)于心理健康和心理疾病的討論正在發(fā)生變化。許多知名人士通過(guò)書籍和社交媒體公開分享了他們的心理健康經(jīng)歷。

　　隨著對(duì)心理健康的理解發(fā)生變化，我們用來(lái)談?wù)撨@個(gè)問(wèn)題的語(yǔ)言也在變化。

　　在今天的日常語(yǔ)法中，我們將討論心理健康的語(yǔ)言。

　　讓我們從“什么是心理健康？”這個(gè)問(wèn)題開始。

　　什么是心理健康？

　　“心理健康”包含形容詞“心理”和名詞“健康”。這兩個(gè)詞組合在一起，成為一個(gè)復(fù)合名詞，意思是關(guān)于一個(gè)人的心理和情感健康的狀況。

　　如果某人的心理健康狀況良好，那么他們的情感和心理狀況就良好。

　　現(xiàn)在讓我們看看“心理疾病”。心理疾病是一個(gè)復(fù)合名詞，同樣包含形容詞“心理”，但名詞是“疾病”。如果某人有心理疾病，那么他們有一種影響他們的思維、性格或情感的醫(yī)療狀況。

　　這種疾病會(huì)損害他們的心理功能，可能會(huì)影響他們的思考、感覺和行為。心理疾病的例子包括抑郁癥和焦慮癥。

　　“障礙”這個(gè)詞也可能用于一些心理疾病。例如，你可能知道有人患有焦慮障礙。

　　以人為中心的語(yǔ)言

　　當(dāng)我們談?wù)撃橙说男睦斫】禃r(shí)，使用正確的詞語(yǔ)非常重要。我們希望尊重這個(gè)人，理解他們的情況。我們可以使用以人為中心，而非他們的心理健康問(wèn)題為中心的語(yǔ)言。

　　做到這一點(diǎn)的一種方式是說(shuō)一個(gè)人正在“與”他們的狀況“共存”。

　　這種表達(dá)的結(jié)構(gòu)是：

　　主語(yǔ) + 動(dòng)詞 live（生活）+ 介詞 with（與）+ 疾病的名詞形式。

　　Kurt與焦慮共存。

　　另一種可以接受的、簡(jiǎn)單的描述Kurt的方式是說(shuō)“Kurt有焦慮癥”。

　　這種表達(dá)的結(jié)構(gòu)是：主語(yǔ) + 動(dòng)詞 have（有）+ 疾病的名詞形式。

　　我們可以使用這種方式，而不是使用他們的心理健康狀況的形容詞形式，如“Kurt是一個(gè)焦慮的人”。

　　避免刻板印象

　　在某些場(chǎng)合，避免使用某些詞語(yǔ)也很重要。例如，像“精神病”和“瘋狂”這樣的詞可能看起來(lái)非正式且可以接受，但它們可能會(huì)造成傷害。非正式用法中，“精神病”指的是不穩(wěn)定且具有攻擊性的人。

　　例如：她的前男友就是個(gè)精神病。

　　“精神病”與“精神病”，一種讓人與現(xiàn)實(shí)脫節(jié)的精神障礙，有關(guān)。專家們說(shuō)，在心理健康討論之外使用這樣的詞語(yǔ)可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致污名化。污名是一種文化對(duì)某事物的負(fù)面認(rèn)知。污名可能會(huì)阻止人們尋求對(duì)自己的精神疾病的幫助。

　　最后的想法

　　在今天的日常語(yǔ)法中，我們討論了談?wù)撔睦斫】禃r(shí)使用的最佳詞語(yǔ)和語(yǔ)言。我們學(xué)習(xí)了如何使用以人為中心的語(yǔ)言來(lái)談?wù)撚芯窦膊〉娜恕Ｎ覀円擦私獾?，?yīng)該避免使用一些詞語(yǔ)，以幫助消除對(duì)精神疾病的污名。

　　我是Faith Pirlo。

　　Faith Pirlo為VOA學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)編寫了這篇課文。

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　　本故事中的詞匯

　　isolated – adj. 與其他人或事物分離；獨(dú)自一人；孤獨(dú)

　　conversation – n.兩個(gè)人或一小群人進(jìn)行的非正式談話

　　journey – n. 從一個(gè)地方到另一個(gè)地方的行程或?qū)嵗?/p>

　　anxiety – n. 擔(dān)憂或非常關(guān)心的情緒狀態(tài)

　　disorder – n. 疾病或精神問(wèn)題

　　stigma – n.社會(huì)或一群人對(duì)某事物有的一套負(fù)面且常常不公正的觀念

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