Wigand Moritz E, Becker Thomas, Steger Florian
Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University and BKH Günzburg, Günzburg, Germany.
Institute of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Ulm University, Ulm.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2020 Jun;208(6):443-444. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001200.
The aim of this work is to elucidate psychosocial reactions to plagues by analyzing three landmark descriptions from different eras: Thucydides' description of the plague of Athens (430 BC) in The History of the Peloponnesian War, Giovanni Boccaccio's description of the plague in Florence (1348) in The Decameron, and Albert Camus' description in The Plague (1947). Using a narrative inquiry, we found psychosocial reactions to be complex and ambivalent and could discern several coping strategies. We propose that this knowledge can help psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
这项工作的目的是通过分析来自不同时代的三篇具有里程碑意义的描述，阐明对瘟疫的社会心理反应：修昔底德在《伯罗奔尼撒战争史》中对雅典瘟疫（公元前430年）的描述、乔万尼·薄伽丘在《十日谈》中对佛罗伦萨瘟疫（1348年）的描述，以及阿尔贝·加缪在《鼠疫》（1947年）中的描述。通过叙事探究，我们发现社会心理反应是复杂且矛盾的，并且可以辨别出几种应对策略。我们认为，这些知识可以在当前的新冠疫情期间帮助精神科医生和其他医疗保健专业人员。
