An update to one of the most important manuals in mental health - known as the bible of psychiatry - has been unveiled.
Controversy and criticism have surrounded work on the fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
Critics say the rulebook considers mental illnesses normal behavior, like grief or childhood temper tantrums.
Glossary:
update – atualização
mental health – saúde mental
known as – conhecido como
has been unveiled – foi revelado
controversy – controvérsia, polêmica
criticism – crÃticas
have surrounded – rodeiam
rulebook – manual
mental illnesses – doenças mentais
behavior – comportamento
grief – pesar, luto
childhood – infância
temper tantrums – birras
Click here to read more Scientists say the recent downturn in the rate of global warming will lead to lower temperature rises in the short-term.
Since 1998, there has been an unexplained "standstill" in the heating of the Earth's atmosphere.
Writing in Nature Geoscience, the researchers say this will reduce predicted warming in the coming decades.
Glossary:
downturn – abrandamento
rate – Ãndice
global warming – aquecimento global
lead – levar
lower – mais baixos
rises – aumentos
short-term – curto prazo
unexplained – inexplicável
standstill – paralização
heating – aquecimento
researchers – pesquisadores
reduce – reduzir
coming – próximas
Click here to read more Too little sleep increases the risk of car crashes for young drivers, a new study confirms.
In the study, drivers ages 17 to 24 who reported sleeping six or fewer hours per night were about 20 percent more likely to be involved in a car crash over a two-year period, compared with those who slept more than six hours a night.
Glossary:
too little sleep – muito pouco tempo de sono
crashes – batidas, acidentes
young drivers – motoristas jovens
ages – de idades
fewer – menos
likely – propensos
over – ao longo de
Click here to read more A Navy dolphin training to look for mines off the coast of San Diego found a museum-worthy 19th-century torpedo on the seafloor, military officials said.
The brass-coated, retro wonder of technology was one of the first self-propelled torpedoes used by the U.S. Navy. Just 50 of these so-called Howell torpedoes were made and only one other example has beenrecovered; it sits in the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington, outside of Seattle.
Glossary:
Navy – Marinha
dolphin – golfino
look for – procurar
mines – minas, explosivos
coast – litoral
museum-worthy – digno de museu
19th-century – século IXX
brass-coated – revestida com bronze
wonder – maravilha
self-propelled – de auto-propulsão
so-called – chamadosrecovered – recuperado
outside – fora
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