1、原文标题：US Militarys Handling of Brain Injuries, Mental.内容简介：在疑似患上创伤后压力心理障碍症的罗伯特?贝尔斯滥杀阿富汗平民事件后，美国军方如何处理脑损伤以及精神受创的美军问题成了公众关注的焦点。Hints:BalesPTSDXenakis CookThe case of Staff Sergeant Bales has drawn attention to this military hospital on his home base in the state of Washington. The facility is under inv
2、estigation after hundreds of service members had their PTSD diagnoses reversed - decisions that critics say were motivated by concerns over the high cost of treating mental health issues. The army says the problem is not systematic. Dr. Xenakis says money can be a factor in military doctors treatmen
3、t decisions - as can other issues such as experience, time spent with the patient, and sheer luck. Does that mean that therere needs to be more sensitivity, that perhaps its best to err on the side of over-diagnosing? You know, thats a question that needs to be considered here.For Cook, more than 30
4、 hyperbaric oxygen treatments have made a difference. I havent had any headaches anymore. The ringing in my ears has stopped. My memory started getting better. Im retaining information better. The recall on the words is better. And, my anxiety has gone down a lot to a, I guess, more manageable level
5、. Cook has no plans to return to the military, but he is going on with his life. Just a few months ago, he could not remember simple things like phone numbers. Now, he is getting ready to start college.参谋军士贝尔斯枪杀平民事件引起了公众对位于华盛顿总部的军事医院的注意。该机构目前正在接受调查，此前对几百名军人所做的创伤后压力心理障碍症的诊断也被推翻。评论家称，治疗精神疾病所需的昂贵花费是促使医生作出如此诊断的主要动因。军方称这样的问题并不常见。克塞纳基斯医生说，经费是影响军医治疗决定的因素之一，其它因素还包括经验、和病人相处的时间，还有纯粹的运气。“这是不是意味着医生需要更加敏感？也许犯过度诊断的错误就更好？那是亟需考虑的问题。”对库克而言，30多次高压氧治疗让他的病情有所好转。“我的头不再疼了。耳鸣的症状也消失了。记忆力在开始恢复，记住信息的能力在增强。能回想起更多的单词了。并且，我感觉自己不再那么焦虑，能够更好的掌控自己的情绪了。”库克没打算再回到部队，但他的生活在继续。就在几个月以前，他还不能记住像电话号码这样简单
