听力文摘：有信仰会感觉更好么?

Whether or not a treatment for an illness or disorder¹ works usually doesn't depend on whether we believe it will work.

对于疾病或内分泌失调的治疗方案是否凑效常常不取决于我们是否相信它会产生效果。

For example, if you have an MRI, barring a malfunction², the technology will work even if you don't understand it or believe that such a thing is possible.

举个例子，如果你做核磁共振检查，除非发生故障，那么即便你不理解或相信这是可能的，这项技术依然在起作用。

Ditto for most types of surgery, antibiotics³ and other medications, and so on.

同理，其他的外科手术、抗生素、药物等等大多如此。

But when it comes to treatment for mental illness, the patient's belief seems to very much matter.

但涉及到精神疾病的治疗是，患者的信仰似乎会产生极大的影响。

At least one study by Harvard researchers has found that patients who believe in God tend to respond better to treatments for problems like anxiety and depression.

至少有一项哈佛大学研究员们的研究发现信仰上帝的患者对焦虑和抑郁的治疗有更好的响应。

The study found that people who express a belief in God are also more likely to believe in the efficacy of drug and behavioral therapies and expect that they will help.

这项研究发现，表示信仰上帝的人，更容易相信和期待药物和行为疗法的效用。

And so, researchers speculate, such patients may be more vigilant⁴ about taking their medication and more enthusiastic about participating in other forms of therapy.

因此，研究人员推测，这些患者更注意吃药及更热衷于参加其他形式的治疗。

Patients who are more skeptical⁵, meanwhile, may be less likely to engage in therapy in a fully⁶ cooperative way.

与此同时，多疑的患者，对于治疗可能不会全力配合。

There hasn't been much research on the relevance⁷ of patients' spiritual beliefs to treatment for mental illness.

对于患者的精神信仰与精神疾病治疗之间相关性的研究成果并不多，

So it's not yet clear if and how psychiatrists⁸ and other healthcare providers may be able to factor in religious beliefs in a clinical setting.

所以尚不清楚精神病专家和其他医护人员能否以及怎样在临床治疗中将宗教信仰因素纳入。

But more research may help doctors find a way to harness patients' spirituality in a way that helps them heal.

但更多的研究也许将帮助医生们找到一种利用患者的精神力来治愈他们的方法。

1 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。

2 malfunction   

vi.发生功能故障，发生故障，显示机能失常

参考例句：

• There must have been a computer malfunction.一定是出了电脑故障。
• Results have been delayed owing to a malfunction in the computer.由于电脑发生故障，计算结果推迟了。

3 antibiotics   

n.（用作复数）抗生素；（用作单数）抗生物质的研究；抗生素，抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
• The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。

4 vigilant   

adj.警觉的，警戒的，警惕的

参考例句：

• He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
• The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。

5 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

6 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

7 relevance   

n.中肯，适当，关联，相关性

参考例句：

• Politicians' private lives have no relevance to their public roles.政治家的私生活与他们的公众角色不相关。
• Her ideas have lost all relevance to the modern world.她的想法与现代社会完全脱节。

8 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