流行病解剖
Anatomy of an Epidemic
Robert Whitaker · 初版 2010 年
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为什么值得读
- 广泛分析抗抑郁药等精神药物的学术研究史
- 深入审视主流精神药物的长期临床研究结果
在这部令人惊叹且震撼人心的著作中，屡获殊荣的科学与历史作家 Robert Whitaker 调查了一桩医学谜团：为什么在过去的二十年里，美国精神残疾患者的人数增加了两倍？每天，有 1100 名成年人和儿童被列入政府残疾名册，因为他们新因精神疾病致残，而这种流行病在我们国家的儿童中蔓延得最为迅速。这究竟是怎么回事？Anatomy of an Epidemic 促使读者深入思考这个问题。首先，Whitaker 调查了如今关于该疾病的已知情况
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关于这个问题你应该读的书是 Robert Whitaker 的《Anatomy of an Epidemic》。Whitaker 的书梳理了针对抗抑郁药（以及苯二氮䓬类和抗精神病药）学术研究的历史，在对这些研究进行广泛分析后得出结论：从长期来看，抗抑郁药……
The book you should read on this is Robert Whitaker's Anatomy of an Epidemic. Whitaker's book goes the history of academic studies on antidepressants (as well as benzos and neuroleptics), and after extensive analysis of these studies concludes that over the long term antidepressants…
……Paul Stamets、Hamilton Morris 和 Will Hall。然后我开始提出更多问题，并找到了像 Johan Harri、Michael Pollan 和 Robert Whitaker 这样的作者。在读了 Whitaker 的《Anatomy of an Epidemic》并关注他的研究之后，我还建议看看电影《Medicating Normal》。
…Paul Stamets, Hamilton Morris, and Will Hall. Then I started asking more questions and found writers like Johan Harri, Michael Pollan, and Robert Whitaker. Following Whitaker's work after reading his Anatomy of an Epidemic, I also suggest watching the "Medicating Normal" movie.
Robert Whitaker 的《Anatomy of an Epidemic》。另外也可以看看他的这篇博客文章，里面总结了针对主流精神科药物的最大规模的长期研究：http://www.madinamerica.com/madinamerica.com/Home/AB86250A-A... 你……
Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker. Also check out this blog post of his that summarizes the largest longterm studies of the mainstay psych drugs: http://www.madinamerica.com/madinamerica.com/Home/AB86250A-A... You…
是的，当然。去读读《Anatomy of an Epidemic》、《The Emperor's New Drugs》等等。Robert Whitaker 的博客也特别棒，不过如果你没读过书的话，直接看博客可能未必掌握得了所需的所有背景信息。
Yes, of course. Read Anatomy of an Epidemic, The Emperor's New Drugs, etc. Robert Whitaker's blog is also really great, although you wouldn't necessarily have all the information you'd need to read it unless you've already read the book.
……我们不应该仅仅因为表面看起来不可思议就否定它的结论。一些例子：http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damne... 另外对于精神病学领域，你可以看看 Robert Whitaker 的书《Anatomy of an Epidemic》。
…we shouldn't reject its conclusion as on-face impossible Some examples: http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damne... Also you could look at, for psychiatry, Robert Whitaker's book Anatomy of an epidemic.
……太长时间了，以至于他们现在辩解说这并没有不道德，因为大家都在这么干，这不过是常规操作。Robert Whitaker 在他的书《Anatomy of an Epidemic》中对这种情况的影响做出了极佳的解释，这本书也是本文评述的三本书之一。
…for so long they now argue that it's not unethical because everyone else is doing it, it's just the standard practice. Robert Whitaker has a great explanation of the implications of this in his book Anatomy of an Epidemic, which is one of the three books this article is reviewing.