Note: The information given on this web site is meant to help you to understand how and why drugs, and other treatments, are used to treat mental disorders.
注意：本网站所提供的信息是为了帮助你了解如何以及为何使用药物和其他治疗方法来治疗精神障碍。
Identification of symptoms and advice on appropriate treatments and side effects must be carried out by a mental health professional. Self -treatment and medication can be very dangerous.
对症状的识别和对适当的治疗方法及副作用的建议，必须由心理健康专家来完成。自我治疗和药物治疗可能是非常危险的。
Not all mental disorders are serious or long lasting - many are mild and short-term. Most mental disorders can be treated effectively.
并非所有的精神障碍都是严重的或长期的--许多精神障碍是温和的和短期的。大多数的精神障碍都可以得到有效的治疗。
Therapy - a course of treatment aimed at changing the way a person thinks, feels or behaves.
治疗 - 一个旨在改变一个人的思维、感觉或行为方式的治疗过程。
Therapy is used to try to reduce mental distress or make their behaviour more socially acceptable.
治疗是用来尝试减少精神痛苦或使他们的行为更容易被社会接受。
Psychologists have developed many different therapies depending on what they believe to be the causes of various disorders.
心理学家们根据他们认为的各种疾病的原因，开发了许多不同的疗法。
Beliefs about 'madness', 'abnormal' or unacceptable behaviour have changed through the ages. Treatments have been shaped by the beliefs of the time. From religious visions, witchcraft, lunacy and possession by spirits, to unconscious processes in the mind, neurological and genetic explanations.
关于 "疯狂"、"不正常 "或不可接受的行为的信念随着时代的发展而改变。治疗方法是由当时的信仰决定的。从宗教幻觉、巫术、疯子和鬼魂附体，到头脑中的无意识过程、神经学和遗传学的解释。
It is difficult to identify causes of mental illnesses - there are no simple answers, often there are complex interactions between different factors - the search for the most appropriate and effective treatments goes on.
很难确定精神疾病的原因--没有简单的答案，往往不同因素之间存在着复杂的相互作用--寻找最适当和有效的治疗方法的工作一直在进行。
Appropriate means which therapies are suitable for various different types of disorder.
适当是指哪些疗法适合于各种不同类型的疾病。
Effectiveness means how well a therapy works.
有效性是指一种疗法的效果如何。
There are four psychological approaches used in treating illnesses 有四种用于治疗疾病的心理学方法:
- Biological - therapies of this type include psychosurgery, ECT and drug therapy. 生物学--这种类型的疗法包括精神外科手术、ECT和药物治疗。
- Behavioural- therapies of this type include token economy, flooding and aversion therapy. 行为疗法--这种类型的疗法包括代币经济、洪水和厌恶疗法。
- Cognitive-behavioural (CBT) - therapies of this type include rational emotive therapy. 认知-行为（CBT）--这种类型的疗法包括理性情绪疗法。
- Psychodynamic therapy - therapies of this type include psychodrama and psychoanalysis. 心理动力学疗法--这种类型的疗法包括心理剧和精神分析。
