Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2023 Dec 1;211(12):927-933. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001668. Epub 2023 May 10.
Throughout history, society has dealt with several devastating pandemics. Our objective is to analyze society's coping mechanisms to deal with pandemic-related stress in history congruent with the values of the time. For that purpose, we have carefully selected some of the most significant pandemics based on their impact and the available psychosocial literature. After a brief introduction, society's coping tools are reviewed and analyzed for the Antonine Plague, the second bubonic plague, the third cholera pandemic, the Spanish flu, the HIV pandemic, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite occurring at different times in history, parallels can be established in the study of society's psychological reactions among different pandemics. Magical thinking, political skepticism, fake accusations, and discrimination of minorities are recurrent reactions in society among different pandemics in history.
纵观历史，社会曾应对过数次毁灭性的大流行病。我们的目标是分析历史上社会应对与大流行病相关压力的应对机制，并与当时的价值观保持一致。为此，我们根据其影响和现有的社会心理文献，精心挑选了一些最具代表性的大流行病。在简要介绍之后，我们回顾和分析了社会在安东尼瘟疫、第二次鼠疫、第三次霍乱大流行、西班牙流感、艾滋病大流行和 COVID-19 大流行期间的应对工具。尽管它们发生在历史上的不同时期，但通过对不同大流行病中社会心理反应的研究，可以发现一些相似之处。在历史上不同的大流行病中，社会普遍存在着诸如巫术思维、政治怀疑主义、虚假指控和对少数群体的歧视等反应。
