Because the treatment wasn't working, Jack tried something new. He decided to use brain scans to look inside Bob's brain. Brain scans are a way to look inside the brain to see how it is functioning. What the scans showed about Bob was crucial. They showed that his brain was damaged in a way that nobody had anticipated. There was significant damage to the front part of his brain. An injury in this part of the brain can contribute to depression and negative feeling. It can also contribute to feelings of anger and rage. The fact that his brain was injured and unbalanced explained why the treatments hadn't worked.
因为治疗不起作用，杰克尝试了新的办法。
他决定给鲍勃的大脑做下脑部扫描，这样可以深入了解大脑运行情况。扫描结果对于鲍勃非常关键，结果显示他的大脑受过损伤，出人意料。他的大脑前部有明显损伤，大脑这部分的损伤会导致抑郁和消极情绪，还会导致愤怒。他脑部受伤，精神异常的这一事实解释了治疗不起作用的原因。
The brain scans showed why the medications and other treatments hadn't worked. They had failed because they didn't address the brain injury. After discussing the injury with Bob and his parents, they concluded that the cause of the injury was from playing soccer. In fact, Jack knew of a quite few of soccer players who had suffered head injuries from playing that sport. Heading a hard soccer ball many times can damage the brain.
脑部扫描给出了药物和其他治疗不起作用的原因，失败是因为没有解决大脑损伤的问题。在和鲍勃及他的父母讨论完他的伤情后，他们得出结论，受伤是因为踢足球。事实上，杰克知道一些足球运动员因为踢球头部受伤，经常用头顶坚硬的足球可能损伤大脑。
With this new information, Jack used a new medication to treat the injury. Gradually, Bob improved, and after a few months was close to full recovery. He no longer had any signs of depression, and was finally able to return to school. Ultimately, Bob graduated from his university with honors, and entered a famous law school.
了解这些新情况后，杰克使用了一种新的药物治疗损伤。渐渐地，鲍勃情况转好，几个月之后，接近完全康复。他不再抑郁，最后返回了学校。最终，鲍勃从大学成功毕业，进入了一所著名的法学院。
From this experience, Jack realized that the brain imaging had allowed him to save Bob's life. If it hadn't been for the scans, Bob would have ended up killing himself. Detecting and treating the injury to the front part of his brain was the key step in his treatment. Jack now believes that brain scans can be an important tool for psychiatrists. An injured brain must be healed before other treatments, such as vitamins, drugs or counseling, can work.
从这次经历中，杰克意识到大脑成像让他得以挽救鲍勃的生命。如果没有扫描的话，鲍勃可能最终会自杀，发现和治疗大脑前部的损伤是他治疗的关键步骤。现在杰克相信大脑扫描是心理医生的一件重要工具，在其他治疗，如维生素，药物或咨询起作用之前必须先治好大脑损伤。
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