VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week — Psychology Hel

Information to help you cope with stress, depression, and other mental health issues

Art Chimes | Washington, DC 12 March 2010

 
The APA's Help Center offers a collection of tools and articles to help you learn about and, perhaps, cope with mental health issues.

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"The APA Help Center ... features information related to psychological issues that affect people's daily physical and emotional well being." — Luana Bossolo

Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative¹ online destinations.

Natural disasters like January's devastating² earthquake in Haiti can produce tremendous loss of life and property. And for survivors³ — as well as family and friends halfway⁴ around the world — the stress and worry can take a psychological toll⁵.

Mental health can be at stake in less dramatic circumstances, too. The loss of a job or a divorce can trigger stress. Even just getting old can lead to depression. Our Website of the Week may help.

"The APA Help Center is an online resource for consumers that features information related to psychological issues that affect people's daily physical and emotional well being," says Luana Bossolo, a spokeswoman for the American Psychological Association. The APA's Help Center has a collection of tools and articles to help you learn about mental health issues and perhaps help you cope.

The site includes sections on work and family, and on disasters. There's even a special interactive⁶ feature showing how stress can affect your physical health.

A visit to the APA Help Center isn't the same as seeing a trained psychologist, but it's a good place to learn more about what's bothering you.

"This is a starting point for people," says Bossolo. "This is a place for you to get more information. But if you feel that having information is not enough, then we really encourage people to seek appropriate help."

Bossolo says the web team ensures that information on the site is accurate by turning to experts in the field.

"And we're turning to psychologists who have the skills and the professional training and knowledge on these topics. We interview the psychologists on the content, and we also have these psychologists review the material to ensure that the science and the research is accurately⁷ presented."

Many mental health issues cross cultural boundaries. So, although the APA Help Center is sponsored by the American Psychological Association, international users account for one in five visits - some of them, presumably checking out the Spanish language version that's there, next to the English language site at apa.org/helpcenter, or visit our site, VOAnews.com, for the link to this and hundreds of other Websites of the Week. 
 

1 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

2 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

3 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

4 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

5 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

6 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

7 accurately   

adv.准确地，精确地

参考例句：

• It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
• Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。