Heat Singes the Mind， Not Just the Body
高温不仅炙烤着身体，也炙烤着心灵
By Apoorva Mandavilli
If you find that the blistering， unrelenting heat is making you anxious and irritable， even depressed， it's not all in your head.
如果你感觉，这没完没了的酷暑正让你变得焦虑、易怒甚至抑郁，这并不是你的幻觉。
As heat waves become more intense， more frequent and longer， it has become increasingly important to address the impact on mental health， scientists say.
科学家们表示，随着热浪越来越强劲、频繁且持久，应对由此产生的精神健康问题，已经变得愈发重要。
“It's really only been over the past five years that there's been a real recognition of the impact，“ said Dr. Joshua Wortzel， chair of the American Psychiatric Association's committee on climate change and mental health， which was set up just two years ago.
“人们真正意识到这种影响，其实也就是过去五年的事。”约书亚·沃策尔（Joshua Wortzel）博士说。他是美国精神医学会“气候变化与心理健康”委员会主席，这个委员会也是两年前才成立的。
High temperatures are strongly associated with an increase in suicides， researchers have found. Heat has been linked to a rise in violent crime and aggression， emergency room visits and hospitalizations for mental disorders such as anxiety， schizophrenia and depression.
研究人员发现，高温与自杀人数的增加密切相关。高温还引发了更多暴力犯罪和攻击行为，也和因精神疾病导致的急诊就医和住院人数增加有关，此类疾病包括焦虑症、精神分裂症、抑郁症等。
Some of these illnesses may have a simple origin: disrupted sleep.
部分精神疾病可能有一个简单的致病源头：被扰乱的睡眠。
Scientists have coined the term “climate distress“ to describe a multitude of feelings triggered by the environmental changes appearing around us: anxiety， terror， sadness， shame， guilt.
科学家创造了“气候困扰”一词来描述我们周围出现的、由环境变化引发的多种感受，包括焦虑、恐惧、悲伤、羞耻、内疚。
“It is unfortunately true that this may be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives， which is unsettling to reckon with，“ said Britt Wray， the director of Stanford University's program on climate change and mental health.
“一个很不幸的事实是，这个夏天可能是我们余生中最凉快的一个夏天，面对这一事实令人不安。”斯坦福大学“气候变化与心理健康”项目负责人布利特·瑞（Britt Wray）说道。