Childhood is a happy time, right? Not necessarily. Consider these facts.

Depression(抑郁症) may occur in as many as 1 in 33 children.

Once a child has an episode(一段情节) of depression, he or she has a 50 percent chance of experiencing another episode in the next 5 years.

Suicide(自杀) is the 6th leading cause of death for 5–to–15-year-olds.

If your child experiences 5 or more of these signs or symptoms(症状) for at least 2 weeks, he or she may be experiencing depression or another mental illness.

Feeling——Does your child demonstrate:

Sadness

Emptiness

Hopelessness

Guilt

Worthlessness

Lack of enjoyment in everyday pleasures

Thinking ——Is your child having trouble:

Concentrating

Making decisions

Completing schoolwork

Maintaining grades

Maintaining friendships

Physical problems ——Does your child complain of :

Headaches

Stomachaches

Lack of energy

Sleeping problems ( too much or too little)

Weight or appetite changes ( gain or loss)

Behavior problems ——Is your child:

Irritable(烦躁)

Not wanting to go to school

Wanting to be alone most of the time

Having difficulty getting along with others

Cutting classes or skipping school

Dropping out of sports, hobbies or other activities

Drinking alcohol or using drugs.

Suicide risk——Does your child talk or think about:

Suicide

Death

Other morbid(生病的)subjects

Sometimes, a child who causes problems at school or at home may actually be depressed, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. If you think your child may be depressed, it’s important to have your child treated. Discuss your child’s problems with his or her doctor. The doctor may suggest a referral to a children’s psychologist(心理医生)or psychiatrist(精神病医生).

Treatment may include individual and family therapy(治疗), along with an antidepressant medication (抗抑郁药)

This article is particularly written for ____.

A. parents    B. teachers     C. children     D. Psychologists

Which statement describes a child who may have physical problems?

A. The child is always in high mood.

B. The child always feels tired but sleeps only four hours a day.

C. The child hates to study.   

D. The child can not concentrate on one thing for a long period.

What should we do when we find our kids experiencing depression?

A. Ask for leave to accompany them at home.

B. Ask them to take antidepressant immediately.

C. Go to see the doctor.

D. Ask them to have a good rest.

A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to   1   , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.

    “Frank!” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t   2  , as I knew, but all the time   3   his foot against mine.

    My   4   raced back more than thirty years to the   5   days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The   6   was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.

      7   wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to   8   each other very well. Frank West   9   me because he wasn’t   10  , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had   11   of a mind than a baby has. His “  12  ” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and   13   more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank   14   on her entirely. He needed all the   15   of a baby.

    One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She   16   nearly everything she owned.

    When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the   17   ones. So before we   18   that morning, I stood beside Frank and   19   my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his   20   to me was always the same.

1.A.work         B.stay   C.live   D.expect

2.A.answer       B.speak C.smile        D.laugh

3.A.covering     B.moving     C.fighting    D.pressing

4.A.minds        B.memories  C.thoughts   D.brains

5.A.better         B.dark  C.younger          D.old

6.A.cave          B.place C.sight         D.scene

7.A.Discussing        B.Solving    C.Sharing           D.Suffering

8.A.learn from        B.talk to      C.help         D.know

9.A.needed      B.recognized       C.interested        D.encouraged

10.A.normal           B.common   C.unusual           D.quick

11.A.more       B.worse       C.fewer       D.less

12.A.word       B.speech      C.sentence          D.language

13.A.not          B.no     C.something       D.nothing

14.A.fed          B.kept  C.lived        D.depended

15.A.attention         B.control     C.treatment        D.management

16.A.lost         B.needed      C.destroyed        D.left

17.A.troublesome     B.unlucky    C.angry       D.unpopular

18.A.separated        B.went  C.reunited          D.returned

19.A.pushed     B.tried  C.showed           D.measured

20.A.nodding          B.greeting    C.meeting          D.acting

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