VOA标准英语2009-As Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Recovers, New Q

By Laurel Bowman
Washington
12 November 2009
 
Nidal Malik Hasan (2007 file) (picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) 
As the alleged¹ Fort Hood² shooter recovers, questions are surfacing, including what made Major Nidal Hasan take aim at his colleagues. Some are speculating he will claim he has post-traumatic stress disorder⁴. A former military psychiatrist⁵ says mental health professionals in the armed services face tremendous stress and can crack.

As the nation mourns the dead, the suspect in the Fort Hood shooting is recovering.

One question that remains⁶ is why Major Nidal Hasan shot his army colleagues.

Physicians say a possible answer involves post traumatic stress disorder.

Some speculate Hasan will claim he has it, brought on by his fear of impending⁷ deployment⁸ and years of counseling soldiers scarred from battle.

 
Doctor Eric Anderson says tales of battle trauma³ can destabilize military psychiatrists⁹
"The answer to the question can somebody get post traumatic stress disorder and not be in combat, the answer is yes," explains Dr. Eric Anderson, a psychiatrist who was a Navy doctor for a decade.

He says Hasan should be held accountable. But he also says he was not surprised to hear a psychiatrist pulled the trigger.
 
Anderson says the tales of battle trauma that military psychiatrists hear can destabilize.

"At the end of the day, you have got all of that built up inside of you," notes Anderson. "It's not like you can go home and talk about it, because that is a violation¹⁰ of patient confidentiality¹¹ day in and day out, seeing that stress over and over. Eventually the cracks will show through."

The question is: in the military, who is the doctor's doctor.

"Who is minding the minder?"

According to Anderson, there are just over 100 active duty mental health professionals, with more than a hundred thousand soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"We have got to get more people in the trenches¹² and by that I mean not just more mental health professionals out there walking patrol, I mean more people available to not just see you once but to see you several times over weeks and months and years if necessary," Anderson says.

Anderson says the military must also work to remove the stigma¹³ attached to emotional problems.

One thing is certain. As Hasan prepares a defense¹⁴, there will be no shortage of psychiatrists and doctors to help.

1 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

2 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

3 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

4 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

5 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 impending   

a.imminent, about to come or happen

参考例句：

• Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时，严重的战乱爆发了。
• The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。

8 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

9 psychiatrists   

n.精神病专家，精神病医生( psychiatrist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They are psychiatrists in good standing. 他们是合格的精神病医生。 来自辞典例句
• Some psychiatrists have patients who grow almost alarmed at how congenial they suddenly feel. 有些精神分析学家发现，他们的某些病人在突然感到惬意的时候几乎会兴奋起来。 来自名作英译部分

10 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

11 confidentiality   

n.秘而不宣，保密

参考例句：

• They signed a confidentiality agreement. 他们签署了一份保守机密的协议。
• Cryptography is the foundation of supporting authentication, integrality and confidentiality. 而密码学是支持认证、完整性和机密性机制的基础。

12 trenches   

深沟，地沟( trench的名词复数 )； 战壕

参考例句：

• life in the trenches 第一次世界大战期间的战壕生活
• The troops stormed the enemy's trenches and fanned out across the fields. 部队猛攻敌人的战壕，并在田野上呈扇形散开。

13 stigma   

n.耻辱，污名；(花的)柱头

参考例句：

• Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.做未婚母亲在社会上曾是不光彩的事。
• The stigma of losing weighed heavily on the team.失败的耻辱让整个队伍压力沉重。

14 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。