Srole L, Fischer A K
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1980 Feb;37(2):209-21. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1980.01780150099011.
The "Mental Paradise Lost" school in psychiatry propounds a historical trend of deteriorating mental health in the general population, particularly among women, and especially in big cities. The socio-epidemiological Midtown Manhattan Longitudinal Study, covering four decade-of-birth cohorts born since 1895, has yielded data that challenge those claims. To explain serendipitous findings of intergeneration differences between Midtown men and women on measures of subjective well-being, a theory is advanced based on changes in the status and roles of women since the late Victorian era. Possible policy implications for preventive psychiatry are discussed, and further follow-up research outlined for the specialty field of socio-psychiatric history.
精神病学中的“精神乐园失落”学派提出了一种历史趋势，即普通人群，尤其是女性，特别是在大城市中，心理健康状况不断恶化。涵盖自1895年以来出生的四个出生队列的社会流行病学曼哈顿中城纵向研究得出了挑战这些说法的数据。为了解释曼哈顿中城男性和女性在主观幸福感测量上的代际差异这一意外发现，基于自维多利亚时代后期以来女性地位和角色的变化提出了一种理论。讨论了预防性精神病学可能的政策含义，并为社会精神病学史这一专业领域概述了进一步的随访研究。
