Harvard Medical School and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2010 Nov-Dec;18(6):369-78. doi: 10.3109/10673229.2010.533005.
Terrorism has existed for millennia and is a phenomenon well-known to many parts of the world. Americans were forced to recognize this phenomenon, and our vulnerability to it, by two sets of events in 2001: the attacks on New York City and Washington, DC, and the anthrax mailings that followed shortly thereafter. Psychiatry, psychology, and other behavioral and social sciences have been looked to for assistance in collecting and analyzing intelligence data, understanding terrorism, and developing strategies to combat terrorism. In addition to reviewing areas in which the behavioral sciences have made contributions in addressing this problem, this article discusses the developing roles for behavioral scientists in this field.
恐怖主义已经存在了几千年，是世界上许多地方都熟知的现象。2001 年发生的两起事件——纽约市和华盛顿特区的袭击事件以及随后不久发生的炭疽邮件事件——迫使美国人认识到这一现象及其对我们的脆弱性。精神病学、心理学和其他行为和社会科学一直在寻求协助，以收集和分析情报数据、了解恐怖主义，并制定打击恐怖主义的战略。除了审查行为科学在解决这一问题方面做出贡献的领域外，本文还讨论了行为科学家在这一领域的发展作用。
