时代周刊:新冠肺炎对心理健康的影响(1)（在线收听）

How is COVID-19 affecting our mental health?

新冠肺炎对心理健康的影响

By Markham Heid

文/马卡姆·海德

By now, the world is familiar with the physical threat of COVID-19.

时至今日，新冠肺炎对身体健康的危害大家势必已经不陌生了。

But the psychological impacts of the pandemic are only just beginning to come into focus.

但这场大流行留下的心理阴影才刚刚走进人们的视野。

A new study from researchers at San Diego State University and Florida State University

圣地亚哥州立大学和佛罗里达州立大学研究人员开展了一项

is helping to quantify how deeply the coronavirus is straining the mental health of Americans.

有助于量化新冠病毒对美国民众心理健康的影响程度的研究。

The study has not yet undergone peer review and formal publication,

该研究目前还未得到同行评审和正式发表，

but its preliminary data are among the first to offer details

但其初步得出的数据堪称率先提供了

on the scope of the country's coronavirus-related psychological struggles.

有关冠状病毒对美国民众产生的心理困扰的严重程度的细节。

The study is full of grave findings.

该研究得出了不少重大发现。

In April, more than 1 in 4 U.S. adults met the criteria that psychologists use to diagnose serious mental distress and illness.

今年4月，达到心理学家诊断严重精神困扰和疾病依据标准的人数多达美国总人口的1/4以上。

That represents a roughly 700% increase from data collected in 2018.

比2018年收集的数据增长了将近600%。

Meanwhile, roughly 70% of Americans experienced moderate to severe mental distress—triple the rate seen in 2018.

与此同时，还有近70%的美国民众陷入了中度甚至是严重的精神困扰——足足是2018年数据的3倍。

While this surge in mental distress showed up across age and demographic groups,

尽管各个年龄段，各个人口群体都出现了精神困扰大幅加重的问题，

young adults and those with children experienced the most pronounced spikes.

但加重幅度最为明显的还是要数青壮年群体和已有子女的已婚群体。

The size of the increase shouldn't have come as a shock, says Jean Twenge,

该研究团队成员之一，圣地亚哥州立大学心理学教授吉恩·特温格表示，

a coauthor of the study and a professor of psychology at San Diego State University.

大家对加重的幅度不必感到大惊小怪。

"In some ways, this is a perfect storm for mental health issues," she says.

“从某些方面来看，这简直就是在给精神健康问题雪上加霜，”她说。

"We're dealing with social isolation, anxiety around health, and economic problems."

“摆在我们面前的是隔离、对健康的焦虑还有经济问题等各种问题。”