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封面文章來源于《科學與技術》版塊
Scientists' Understanding of Anxiety is Radically Evolving—But How Long Will it Take for Treatments to Catch Up?
科學家們對焦慮的理解正在發(fā)生根本性的變化——但是治療需要多長時間才能趕上?
By Adam Piore
作者：亞當·皮奧里
If you think we live in anxious times now, the neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux suggests you consider what life must have been like in the Middle Ages. "That was probably a pretty lousy time to live," LeDoux, author of the 2015 book Anxious and one of the foremost experts on the neuroscience of fear, told Newsweek. "Disease, poverty and just the stress of life."
如果你認為我們現(xiàn)在生活在一個焦慮的時代，那么神經(jīng)學家約瑟夫·勒杜會建議你想想中世紀的生活會是什么樣的。2015年出版的《焦慮》一書的作者、恐懼神經(jīng)科學領域最重要的專家之一勒杜在接受《新聞周刊》采訪時表示:“那可能是一段相當糟糕的生活時光?！薄凹膊?、貧窮和生活的壓力?！?/div>
LeDoux was making a point he also makes in his recent book: Every age thinks it's "the Age of Anxiety."
勒杜在他最近的書中也提出了一個觀點:每個時代都認為這是“焦慮的時代”。
"We love our anxiety and because it's ours, we think it's so special," he said. "But that's the nature of anxiety—it's all-consuming in your mind. If my mind is charged with anxiety, I can't imagine other people could've felt this bad in their lives."
“我們喜歡焦慮，因為它是我們的，所以我們認為它很特別，”他說。但這就是焦慮的本質——它在你的腦海中占據(jù)了全部。如果我的大腦充滿焦慮，我無法想象其他人在生活中也會有如此糟糕的感受?！?/div>
It was a fair point, but I wasn't entirely convinced. I'd arrived at his office early and, while waiting for the eminent researcher, took a quick peek at my cellphone, which revealed the following news stories: The Amazon rainforest—the "lungs of the world"—was on fire, which could accelerate global warming. The trade war between the U.S. and China had escalated and the Dow Jones Industrial Average had plunged 600 points. There'd been two random mass shootings in recent weeks.
這是一個公平的觀點，但我并不完全信服。我很早就到了他的辦公室，在等這位杰出的研究人員的時候，我快速地看了一眼我的手機，發(fā)現(xiàn)了以下新聞: 亞馬遜雨林——“世界之肺”——著火了，這可能會加速全球變暖。美國和中國之間的貿(mào)易戰(zhàn)升級，道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)暴跌600點。最近幾周發(fā)生了兩起隨機大規(guī)模槍擊案。
As I contemplated what all this might mean for my children, the planet and my 401k, a text message arrived from my editor at Newsweek. Could I deliver my story on anxiety a week early—say, in three days? If this wasn't the "Age of Anxiety," then what was it?
當我在思考這一切對我的孩子、地球和我的401k計劃意味著什么時，《新聞周刊》的編輯發(fā)來了一條短信。我能提前一周，比如三天內，講述我的焦慮故事嗎? 如果這不是“焦慮時代”，那是什么呢？
LeDoux was right about one thing. I am certainly not the only one living in the present who is grappling with fear of the future, even if it sometimes feels like it.
勒杜有一件事是對的。我當然不是唯一一個活在當下、正與對未來的恐懼作斗爭的人，即使有時感覺我就是唯一一個。
In May, the American Psychiatric Association reported that for the second year in a row, two out of three Americans say they are "extremely or somewhat anxious" about their health, paying bills and keeping themselves and their family safe. The problem is most pronounced for younger adults—70 percent of those between 18 and 34 report anxiety about paying bills and keeping their families safe, and two out of three are also anxious about relationships (compared with 40 percent for those over 55). About one in five has sought professional care.
今年5月，美國精神病學協(xié)會報告稱，連續(xù)第二年，三分之二的美國人表示他們對自己的健康、支付賬單、保證自己和家人的安全“極度或有些焦慮”。 這個問題在年輕人身上表現(xiàn)得最為明顯——在18歲至34歲的人群中，70%的人表示對支付賬單和保障家庭安全感到焦慮，三分之二的人還對人際關系感到焦慮(55歲以上人群中這一比例為40%)。
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