拯救日本“隐蔽青年”_BEC初级作文

拯救日本“隐蔽青年”

In Japan, hikikomori has been a household word since the 1990s, with many experts calling it one of the biggest social and health problems plaguing the country. Yet the causes and treatments of the condition—or even whether it’s a mental illness or not—remain poorly understood. And while the Japanese government has poured significant funds into helping hikikomori, treatment success rates remain low.

20世纪90年代以来，“隐蔽青年”成为日本人人皆知的一个词汇。许多专家将其视为制约日本发展的一大社会与心理健康问题。然而，我们对其产生的原因、治疗方法，甚至这是否应该被归为一种心理疾病，都知之甚少。尽管日本政府已投入大量资金帮助“隐蔽青年”，但治愈率依然很低。

The condition illustrates the difficulty of defining mental illness and raises questions about the role society plays in shaping, allowing or even creating problematic behavior. Researchers in Fukuoka have set up an international collaboration to try to answer some of these questions.

“隐蔽青年症候群”充分证明了心理疾病的界定难度，也质疑了社会在问题行为上的作用，包括社会对问题行为的影响和容忍，甚至包括问题行为是否由社会引发。福冈的研究人员已发起一项国际合作项目，试图解开这些疑问。

Solving the hikikomori riddle has taken on greater urgency in recent years. Sufferers often are men in their 20s and 30s who would be in the workforce but instead are being supported largely by their parents. Government officials worry about who will take responsibility for long-term hikikomori when their parents retire or die.