焦虑症成为美国大学生中最常见心理问题_BEC初级作文

焦虑症成为美国大学生中最常见心理问题

Mild anxiety is often treatable with early, modest interventions. But to care for rising numbers of severely troubled students, many counseling centers have moved to triage protocols. That means that students with less urgent needs may wait several weeks for first appointments.

轻度的焦虑症常可以通过早期、适度的干预来进行治疗。但是，鉴于受到严重困扰的学生人数不断上升，许多咨询中心都采取了分诊措施。这就意味着，情况不太严重的学生们可能需要等待数周才能第一次约见咨询师。

“A month into the semester, a student is having panic attacks about coming to class, but the wait list at the counseling center is two to five weeks out. So something the student could recover from quickly might only get worse,” said Ben Locke, associate director of clinical services at Penn State University and the lead author of the Penn State report.

“开学一个月后，一个学生准备去上课的时候恐慌发作，但心理咨询中心的候诊名单已经排到二到五周之后了。结果该学生本来很快就可以摆脱的一些阴影可能就进一步恶化了，”宾夕法尼亚州立大学(Penn State University)临床服务部的副主任，宾州州立大学报告的主要作者本·洛克(Ben Locke)说。

By necessity, most centers can only offer individual therapy on a short-term basis. Ms. Preston estimates that about 80 percent of clients at U.C.F. need only limited therapy.