From VOA Learning English,
this is the Health Report.
Mental health experts often use a treatment
called "prolonged exposure therapy"
to help soldiers returning from battle,
it is considered the first step in treating soldiers
who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD).
Now, researchers have found the treatment
can also help adolescent girls
who were sexual ly abused as children.
In prolonged exposure therapy - or PET
- patients are asked to remember
and then talk about the feelings
and thoughts that cause them to suffer.
They do this until these memories are no longer painful.
The desensitizing method can provide help to soldiers
who developed emotional problems
because of a wartime experiences.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
is not limited to military veterans.
It is also seen in young women
who were sexual ly abused or raped
when they were children.
Edna Foa is a clinical psychologist
at the University of Pennsylvania,
she helped to develop prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD.
She says young women who were abused at an earlier age
often get what she calls supportive counseling,
but she says that kind of treatment usually helps them
for only a short period of time.
"It kind of reduces the pain in the short run;
but in the long run,
it actually maintains the symptoms and actually generates
chronic post-traumatic stress disorder," said Foa.
Doctor Foa says teenages who receive supportive counseling
may avoid situations that bring back memories of their abuse.
She believes PET can offer the abused girls a cure that lasts longer.
She says it gives them the skills they need
to face the memories of their abuse.
Doctor Foa and her team are mended the PET program
to meet the emotional maturity level of young people,
then they compared it to supportive counseling
in a group of sixty sexual ly abused girls.
All the girls suffered from PTSD and was 13 to 18 years of age.
Each girl got 14 sessions of either PET or supportive counseling.
Each meeting lasted about 60 to 90 minutes.
Doctor Foa says, during treatment,
those who received PET had a larger decrease
in PTSD symptoms and depression, compared to the other girls.
They also had a greater improvement in the quality of life.
"Most of the girls who received prolonged exposure
actually lost the diagnosis of PTSD
and really did very well even a year after,
because we followed them for up to a year
after the treatment," said Foa.
Doc Foa says social workers in community mental health centers
can be trained in prolonged exposure therapy in just four days.
And that's the VOA Learning English Health Report.
I'm Christopher Cruise.
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LRC歌词版本
[00:00.00]From VOA Learning English,
[00:02.57]this is the Health Report.
[00:04.92]Mental health experts often use a treatment
[00:09.19]called "prolonged exposure therapy"
[00:12.35]to help soldiers returning from battle,
[00:15.45]it is considered the first step in treating soldiers
[00:19.60]who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD).
[00:23.36]Now, researchers have found the treatment
[00:26.62]can also help adolescent girls
[00:29.33]who were sexual ly abused as children.
[00:32.53]In prolonged exposure therapy - or PET
[00:37.49]- patients are asked to remember
[00:39.99]and then talk about the feelings
[00:43.29]and thoughts that cause them to suffer.
[00:46.45]They do this until these memories are no longer painful.
[00:51.60]The desensitizing method can provide help to soldiers
[00:56.74]who developed emotional problems
[00:59.24]because of a wartime experiences.
[01:01.79]Post-traumatic stress disorder
[01:04.73]is not limited to military veterans.
[01:07.80]It is also seen in young women
[01:10.76]who were sexual ly abused or raped
[01:13.93]when they were children.
[01:15.93]Edna Foa is a clinical psychologist
[01:19.29]at the University of Pennsylvania,
[01:21.94]she helped to develop prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD.
[01:27.85]She says young women who were abused at an earlier age
[01:32.68]often get what she calls supportive counseling,
[01:37.14]but she says that kind of treatment usually helps them
[01:41.44]for only a short period of time.
[01:44.60]"It kind of reduces the pain in the short run;
[01:49.05]but in the long run,
[01:50.41]it actually maintains the symptoms and actually generates
[01:57.32]chronic post-traumatic stress disorder," said Foa.
[02:00.33]Doctor Foa says teenages who receive supportive counseling
[02:04.98]may avoid situations that bring back memories of their abuse.
[02:10.18]She believes PET can offer the abused girls a cure that lasts longer.
[02:17.24]She says it gives them the skills they need
[02:20.63]to face the memories of their abuse.
[02:24.03]Doctor Foa and her team are mended the PET program
[02:29.28]to meet the emotional maturity level of young people,
[02:33.69]then they compared it to supportive counseling
[02:37.75]in a group of sixty sexual ly abused girls.
[02:41.40]All the girls suffered from PTSD and was 13 to 18 years of age.
[02:48.87]Each girl got 14 sessions of either PET or supportive counseling.
[02:56.02]Each meeting lasted about 60 to 90 minutes.
[03:00.77]Doctor Foa says, during treatment,
[03:03.99]those who received PET had a larger decrease
[03:09.15]in PTSD symptoms and depression, compared to the other girls.
[03:14.51]They also had a greater improvement in the quality of life.
[03:18.84]"Most of the girls who received prolonged exposure
[03:24.74]actually lost the diagnosis of PTSD
[03:28.85]and really did very well even a year after,
[03:32.75]because we followed them for up to a year
[03:35.51]after the treatment," said Foa.
[03:37.11]Doc Foa says social workers in community mental health centers
[03:42.42]can be trained in prolonged exposure therapy in just four days.
[03:48.43]And that's the VOA Learning English Health Report.
[03:52.83]I'm Christopher Cruise.
From VOA Learning English,
this is the Health Report.
Mental health experts often use a treatment
called "prolonged exposure therapy"
to help soldiers returning from battle,
it is considered the first step in treating soldiers
who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD).
Now, researchers have found the treatment
can also help adolescent girls
who were sexual ly abused as children.
In prolonged exposure therapy - or PET
- patients are asked to remember
and then talk about the feelings
and thoughts that cause them to suffer.
They do this until these memories are no longer painful.
The desensitizing method can provide help to soldiers
who developed emotional problems
because of a wartime experiences.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
is not limited to military veterans.
It is also seen in young women
who were sexual ly abused or raped
when they were children.
Edna Foa is a clinical psychologist
at the University of Pennsylvania,
she helped to develop prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD.
She says young women who were abused at an earlier age
often get what she calls supportive counseling,
but she says that kind of treatment usually helps them
for only a short period of time.
"It kind of reduces the pain in the short run;
but in the long run,
it actually maintains the symptoms and actually generates
chronic post-traumatic stress disorder," said Foa.
Doctor Foa says teenages who receive supportive counseling
may avoid situations that bring back memories of their abuse.
She believes PET can offer the abused girls a cure that lasts longer.
She says it gives them the skills they need
to face the memories of their abuse.
Doctor Foa and her team are mended the PET program
to meet the emotional maturity level of young people,
then they compared it to supportive counseling
in a group of sixty sexual ly abused girls.
All the girls suffered from PTSD and was 13 to 18 years of age.
Each girl got 14 sessions of either PET or supportive counseling.
Each meeting lasted about 60 to 90 minutes.
Doctor Foa says, during treatment,
those who received PET had a larger decrease
in PTSD symptoms and depression, compared to the other girls.
They also had a greater improvement in the quality of life.
"Most of the girls who received prolonged exposure
actually lost the diagnosis of PTSD
and really did very well even a year after,
because we followed them for up to a year
after the treatment," said Foa.
Doc Foa says social workers in community mental health centers
can be trained in prolonged exposure therapy in just four days.
And that's the VOA Learning English Health Report.
I'm Christopher Cruise.
🎵
LRC歌词版本
[00:00.00]From VOA Learning English,
[00:02.57]this is the Health Report.
[00:04.92]Mental health experts often use a treatment
[00:09.19]called "prolonged exposure therapy"
[00:12.35]to help soldiers returning from battle,
[00:15.45]it is considered the first step in treating soldiers
[00:19.60]who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD).
[00:23.36]Now, researchers have found the treatment
[00:26.62]can also help adolescent girls
[00:29.33]who were sexual ly abused as children.
[00:32.53]In prolonged exposure therapy - or PET
[00:37.49]- patients are asked to remember
[00:39.99]and then talk about the feelings
[00:43.29]and thoughts that cause them to suffer.
[00:46.45]They do this until these memories are no longer painful.
[00:51.60]The desensitizing method can provide help to soldiers
[00:56.74]who developed emotional problems
[00:59.24]because of a wartime experiences.
[01:01.79]Post-traumatic stress disorder
[01:04.73]is not limited to military veterans.
[01:07.80]It is also seen in young women
[01:10.76]who were sexual ly abused or raped
[01:13.93]when they were children.
[01:15.93]Edna Foa is a clinical psychologist
[01:19.29]at the University of Pennsylvania,
[01:21.94]she helped to develop prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD.
[01:27.85]She says young women who were abused at an earlier age
[01:32.68]often get what she calls supportive counseling,
[01:37.14]but she says that kind of treatment usually helps them
[01:41.44]for only a short period of time.
[01:44.60]"It kind of reduces the pain in the short run;
[01:49.05]but in the long run,
[01:50.41]it actually maintains the symptoms and actually generates
[01:57.32]chronic post-traumatic stress disorder," said Foa.
[02:00.33]Doctor Foa says teenages who receive supportive counseling
[02:04.98]may avoid situations that bring back memories of their abuse.
[02:10.18]She believes PET can offer the abused girls a cure that lasts longer.
[02:17.24]She says it gives them the skills they need
[02:20.63]to face the memories of their abuse.
[02:24.03]Doctor Foa and her team are mended the PET program
[02:29.28]to meet the emotional maturity level of young people,
[02:33.69]then they compared it to supportive counseling
[02:37.75]in a group of sixty sexual ly abused girls.
[02:41.40]All the girls suffered from PTSD and was 13 to 18 years of age.
[02:48.87]Each girl got 14 sessions of either PET or supportive counseling.
[02:56.02]Each meeting lasted about 60 to 90 minutes.
[03:00.77]Doctor Foa says, during treatment,
[03:03.99]those who received PET had a larger decrease
[03:09.15]in PTSD symptoms and depression, compared to the other girls.
[03:14.51]They also had a greater improvement in the quality of life.
[03:18.84]"Most of the girls who received prolonged exposure
[03:24.74]actually lost the diagnosis of PTSD
[03:28.85]and really did very well even a year after,
[03:32.75]because we followed them for up to a year
[03:35.51]after the treatment," said Foa.
[03:37.11]Doc Foa says social workers in community mental health centers
[03:42.42]can be trained in prolonged exposure therapy in just four days.
[03:48.43]And that's the VOA Learning English Health Report.
[03:52.83]I'm Christopher Cruise.