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根据以下材料,回答题 ResearchShowsWalkingCanLiftDepression
NewresearchbyGermanscientistsshowsthatauthorCharlesDickenswasontoagoodthingwhenhetooklong,briskwalkstorelieveperiodicboutsofdepression.TheauthorofOliverTwistandDavidCopperfieldwouldwalkforhoursinthe1860sasanantidotetointensefeelingsofsadnesswhichalternatedwithrestlesseuphoria.(46)
Aerobicexerciselikerapidwalkingcanbemoreeffectiveatliftingdepressionthandrugs,reportedthescientistsledbyDr.FernandoDimeo.(47)Theteamfoundthatin10ofthesepatientsdrugshadfailedtobringanysubstantialimprovement.Theteamdevisedanexerciseregimeforthegroupthatinvolvedwalkingonatreadmillfor30minuteseveryday.(48)Theintensityofthetrainingprogrammewassteppedupastheheartrateadapted.Ameasurementofdepressionseveritywastakenatthestartandtheendoftheprogramme,andpatientswereaskedtoratetheirownmoodregularlyovera10-dayperiod.TheresearchersinBerlinfoundthatafter10daysofthecoursesixpatientsfelt"substantiallylessdepressed".(49)Twowereslightlylessdepressed,whilefourothersremainedunchanged.Depressionlevelsoverallfellbyathirdandontheself-assessedscoresby25percent,saidtheresearcherswhosefindingsappearedintheBritishJournalofSportsMedicine.
Thestudywassmallbuttheextentoftheimprovementwassaidbyscientiststobeimpressive. (50)NineteenthcenturydoctorswouldhavecalledDickens'sconditionmelancholiasincethepsychologicalconditionofdepressionwasunknown.Dickens'biographerPeterAckroydsaystheauthor'ssonCharlesremembershisfather's"heavymoodsofdeepdepression"andmanytimesof"intensenervousirritability",somethingmodempsychologistswouldcertainlyrecognize.
回答(46)题 A.Thenumberincludedfivewhohadnotfoundanyreliefusingdrugtreatment.
B.Longandbriskwalksarenotnecessarilybeneficialtoeveryperson.
C.Theystudied12peoplewithseveredepressionthathadlastedanaverageofninemonths.
D.Theoutcomeindicatedaclinicalbenefitwhichcouldnotbeobtainedwithpharmacologicaltreatmentcurrentlyavailable,theysaid.
E.ThisisalsotheadvicethatexpertsfromtheFreeUniversityinBerlinaregivingtoday.
F.Accordingtotheregime,intenseactivitylastingthreeminuteswasalternatedwithwalkingathalfspeedforthreeminutes.
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