Voice 1: The British researchers continued to study the families for a longer time. When the babies were three and a half years old, researchers could still see the effects of depressed fathers. Each of the fathers had suffered signs of depression when their baby was two months old. These children had twice as many emotional and behavioral problems as children of fathers who were not depressed.
聲音1:英國研究人員繼續對這些家庭進行了更長時間的研究。這些嬰兒三歲半時,研究人員仍可以看到抑郁父親的影響。每名父親在孩子兩個月大時都出現了抑郁癥狀。這些孩子的情緒和行為問題是那些父親不抑郁的孩子的兩倍。
Voice 2: These are important results. And researchers hope that these studies will help to inform the public about postpartum depression in men.
聲音2:這些都是重要的結果。研究人員希望這些研究將有助于讓公眾了解男性產后抑郁癥。
Voice 1: After the birth of a baby, doctors or health care workers may make an effort to make sure that the new mother is happy and healthy. Some health care workers are trained to look for signs of postpartum depression in mothers. They try to help the new mother find support. But there is rarely a support system for fathers. Experts say that many cases of postpartum depression in fathers go unrecognized.
聲音1:嬰兒出生后,醫生或醫護人員可能會努力確保新媽媽快樂健康。一些衛生保健工作者接受培訓,以尋找母親產后抑郁癥的跡象。他們試圖幫助新媽媽找到支持。但很少有為父親提供支持的系統。專家表示,許多父親產后抑郁癥的病例沒有被發現。
Voice 2: Clearly, men do not go through the same physical and mental changes as women at the time of birth. A new mother's physical body is changing. Doctors believe these changes may affect her brain chemical levels. These chemical changes may cause depression. But a new father does not experience these clear physical changes. So what causes postpartum depression in new fathers?
聲音2:很明顯,在孩子出生時,男性不會經歷與女性相同的生理和心理變化。新媽媽的身體正在發生變化。醫生認為這些變化可能會影響她大腦中化學物質的水平。這些化學變化可能會導致抑郁癥。但新爸爸不會經歷這些明顯的身體變化。那是什么原因導致新爸爸患上產后抑郁癥呢?
Voice 1: Well, the simple answer is that doctors and researchers do not know. One research study suggests that some hormone levels in a father's body also change around the time of birth. Some experts suggest that the emotional pressures of new responsibilities may be difficult for a new father.
聲音1:答案很簡單,醫生和研究人員都不知道。一項研究表明,父親體內的某些荷爾蒙水平在孩子出生前后也會發生變化。一些專家認為,新責任帶來的情感壓力對新爸爸來說可能很難承受。
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