VOA慢速英语:Community Care Boosts Treatment of Mentally Ill in Poor Countries

短语讲解：

1. Recently, researchers carried out a long-term study at 3 places in India.

carry out 执行; 进行
例句：They should also carry out some fundamental reforms.
这些政府也应该执行一些基础性的改革。

2. They looked at community care for patients in their homes, then the researchers compared it to care received at mental health centers.

look at 看; 评判
例句：Look at our verse today.
看我们今天的章节。
compare to 把…比作
例句：They have nothing to compare to.
没有东西让他们来比较。

3. So, what we wanted to do in this study is to find out, can we develop a relatively simple and affordable type of treatment that will increase the number of people who get treatment and increase the quality of care," said Thornicroft.

find out 发现
例句：Find out what makes you happy.
找出什么能让你快乐。

4. They told family members about how to care for the loved ones.

care for 尊重; 照料
例句：To care for your friend, you need to care for yourself.
想要照顾你的朋友，你需要先照顾好自己。

5. For example, voices or delusions were less in the community treatment option.

for example 例如
例句：For example, consider incomplete contracts.
比如考虑一下不完整的合同。

6. Secondly, the levels of disability were lower when people had community care as well as the medical treatment [in clinic] and third, people were more often likely to take their medication if they had the close support of [someone] coming to visit their homes rather than getting no follow-up between the doctors' visits," said Thornicroft.

as well as 也，又
例句：That implies criticism as well as support.
这句话暗示着夫妻间的相互支持以及相互批评。