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第二十三篇本文章为四星，可能会考After-birthDepressionBlamedforWoman’sSuicide（产后抑郁症-妇女自杀的罪魁祸首）Anewmotherapparently明显sufferingfrom受。。。痛苦postpartummentalillness产后精神病felltoherdeathfromanarrow12th-floor12层楼ledgeofaChicagohotel,eludingthelunginggraspoffiremencalledtohelp.一位明显患有产后精神病的年轻母亲登上芝加哥一家酒店第12层狭窄的边缘处，赶来救助的消防人员试图将她抓住，她巧妙地躲避开，坠楼身亡。TheChicagoTribune芝加哥论坛报reportedTuesdaythatthemotherofa3-month-olddaughter,MelanieStokes,41,wassaidtobesufferingfromasevereformof形式after-birthdepression产后抑郁症calledpostpartumpsychosis,anextremelyrarebiologicalresponsetorapidlychanginghormonallevels激素的水平thatcanresultin导致hallucinations幻觉,delusions,妄想severeinsomnia严重的失眠症andadrastic极端的departure逃离fromreality.都是产后精神病的症状周二《芝加哥论坛报》报道，一位有3个月大女儿的41岁的母亲MelanieStokes，患上了一种非常严重的产后抑郁症，又叫产后精神病，这是一种对迅速变化的激素水平极为异常的生理反应，可导致患者产生幻觉、妄想、严重失眠以及极端脱离现实。“Thatwasamonster妖怪inmydaughter’sbrain,”saidStokes’mother,CarolBlocker.“Themedicinetooknoeffect不起作用atall,根本whilehergrief悲伤wassostrongthatnothingcouldmakeup弥补forit.I’mjustgladshedidn’ttakeherdaughterwithher.”我女儿的大脑里有个怪物，stokes的母亲CarolBlocker说，药物根本不起作用，而她的不幸却是什么东西都无法弥补的，我很高兴她没带着她的女儿走。Virtually实际上allnewmothersgetpostpartumblues,alsocalledthe“babyblues产后情绪低落”,whicharebrief短暂的episodesofirritability,急躁易怒moodiness喜怒无常andweepiness.好哭，欲哭(这是产后情绪低落的症状)About20percent百分之20ofbirthingwomenexperience经历postpartumdepression,whichcanbetriggeredby导致hormonal激素的changes改变,sleeplessness失眠andthepressures压力ofbeinganewmother.Itisoftentemporary暂时性andhighlytreatabl治愈性e.，实际上，所有年轻母亲产后都会患沮丧症，也叫作“产后情绪低落”，其症状大体上表现为短暂的急躁易怒、忧郁和哭泣。大约20%的生育妇女经历过由激素的变化、失眠以及新成为母亲的压力引起的产后抑郁。此病经常是短暂性的，且治愈性高。ButTheTribunesaidwhatscientists科学家们suspect怀疑Stokeswasbattling,斗争postpartumpsychosis,iseven的确，甚至moreextremeandisconsidered认为apsychiatricemergency.Duringpostpartumpsychosis—averyrealdisorderthataffectslessthan1percentof不足百分之一women,accordingtotheNationalInstituteofMentalHealth—amothermighthearvoices听到声音,havevisions产生幻觉,feelextremelyagitated感到极端急躁andbeatriskof使。。遭受危险harmingthechildorherself.但是《芝加哥论坛报》说，科学家们怀疑stokes与之做斗争的产后精神病是更为严重的精神病，而且属于精神病中的急性病。根据美国国立精神病卫生研究所报告，产后精神病确实是一种思想紊乱，影响到少于1%的女性。患病期间的母亲可能会听到声音，产生幻觉，感到极端焦躁，且有伤害孩子及自己的危险。Oftentheconsequences结果、后果aretragic悲剧.In1987,SherylMasipofCaliforniatoldajudgethatpostpartumpsychosismadeherdriveaVolvooverher6-week-oldson.LatrenaPixleyofWashington,D.C.,saidthedisorderwaswhyshesmotheredher6-week-olddaughterin1992.Andlastyear,JudyKirby,a31-year-oldIndianapolismotherallegedly捂死sufferingfrom遭受痛苦postpartumpsychosis,spedintooncomingtraffic迎面驶来的车辆andplowedinto全力冲进aminivan,killingsevenyoungsters,includingthreeoftheown.结局常常是悲剧性的。1987年，加利福尼亚州的SherylMasip告诉法官，产后精神病迫使她驾驶一辆沃尔沃从自己6周大的儿子身上轧了过去。哥伦比亚特区华盛顿的LatrenaPixley说思想紊乱是造成她1992年捂死自己6个星期大的女儿的原因。去年，印第安纳波利斯31岁的母亲JudyKirby被指称患有产后精神病，驾车疾驰驶向迎面而来的车流里，冲进了一辆微型货车中，造成7个孩子身亡，其中包括她的3个孩子。1.WhichofthefollowingisNOTasymptomofpostpartumpsychosis?文中哪一项不是产后精神病的症状？A.Visions.幻觉B.Delusions妄想.C.Inflamedbreast.乳腺炎D.Serioussleeplessness.失眠2.ItwasconsideredfortunatebyStokes’motherinthemiserableevent？Stokes的母亲认为在可怕的事件中幸运的是什么?A.thatStokeshaddiedinaChicagohotel.B.thatfiremenhadbeencalledtohelpStokes.C.thatStokeshadbeentakingtheprescribedmedicines.D.thatStokeshadnottakenherdaughterwithher.Stokes没有带女儿和她一起走3.Apatientsufferingfrom“babyblues”maypresentbrieflyoneormoreofthefollowingsymptomsEXCEPT以下哪一个不是病人遭受产后情绪低落(比产后抑郁病症状要轻)可能有出现的症状，A.havinganintentionofsuicide.有自杀的意图B.readilybecomingimpatientorangry.不耐烦和发怒C.easilychanginghermoods.情绪多变D.tendingtoexperienceweepingandsadness.爱哭和忧伤4.Howmanybearingwomenhaveexperiencesofafter-birthdepression?多少生育妇女经历过产后压力A.Virtuallyallofthem.B.Aboutonefifthofthem.1/5C.Lessthanonepercentofthem.这是产后抑郁症的数字D.Notmentionedexactlyinthepassage.5.Whoinducedthemostseriousconsequenceamongthepostpartumdepressionpatientsmentionedinthepassage?文中所提及的产后抑郁症病例哪一个后果最为严重？A.MelanieStokesofChicago.B.SherylMasipofCalifornia.C.LatrenaPixleyofWashington,D.C..D.JudyKirbyofIndianapolis.造成了7人死亡事件