过去有专家认为，青少年会受欺凌经历影响一段长时间，英国有新的研究却指出，受欺凌者出现的焦虑和抑郁等问题会随着年月减少，青少年或可从中恢复过来。

The University College London study of 11,000 twins found anxiety problems were still present two years on, but had disappeared after five years.

据伦敦大学学院从1万1000名孪生儿身上所做的研究发现，焦虑问题在两年后仍然存在，但5年后就消失了。

Psychiatrists said bullying could have serious effects on young people’s mental health for a long time.

精神科医生表示，欺凌将会对青少年的心理健康造成长时间的严重影响。

Bullying was only partly to blame for the mental health problems experienced by bullied children but could cause:

-anxiety

-depression

-hyperactivity

-behavioural problems

受欺凌的孩子所造成的心理健康问题部分归咎于欺凌，但其经历可能会导致：

-焦虑

-抑郁

-过度活跃

-行为问题

Although, these effects lessened over time, 16-year-olds who had been bullied at the age of 11 were still more likely than those who had not to have paranoid thoughts and a tendency for their thoughts to become derailed.

尽管这些影响会随着时间的推移而减弱，但在11岁时曾受欺凌的16岁少年，会较没受欺凌的人容易出现偏執思想和倾向于脱轨的想法。

Bullying certainly causes suffering, but the impact on mental health decreases over time, so children are able to recover in the medium term

欺凌无疑会造成痛苦，但对心理健康的影响会随时间推移而减少，所以孩子是能在中期恢复的。

In addition to interventions aimed at stopping bullying from happening, we should also support children who have been bullied by supporting resilience processes on their path to recovery.

除了需要防止欺凌情况发生，我们也应该在受欺凌孩子的复原过程中，提供全力支持。