将幸福归类为精神疾病的提议

将幸福归类为精神疾病的提议
A proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder (1992)

原始链接: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1376114/

本文提出了一种关于幸福的争议性重新分类：将其定义为一种精神疾病，称为“重度情感障碍，愉悦型”，并提倡将其纳入诊断手册。作者认为幸福在统计上不常见，表现出一致的症状，与认知扭曲相关，并且可能源于神经系统异常。该提议借鉴现有文献，通过提出即使是积极的偏离常态也应被视为一种疾病，来挑战人们对心理健康的传统观念。作者预先驳斥了幸福本质上是积极的这一常见反对意见，认为这种价值判断与科学分类无关。本质上，该论点基于这样的想法：就像精神疾病代表大脑功能的异常一样，过度的幸福也同样如此，值得临床关注。

一篇1992年的论文，提出将幸福定义为精神疾病，正在Hacker News上引发讨论。这篇文章并非字面意思，而是对精神病学中过度诊断和病理化人类经验的倾向的批判。评论者认为，该论文突出了一个系统中存在的缺陷，该系统优先考虑诊断，可能忽略了价值观和主观幸福感的重要性。一位用户指出，该论文表明现有系统“不完整”，需要扩展。许多人认为这是一种对日益将情绪和行为的正常变化归类为疾病的讽刺，一些人认为这个问题在该论文发表后变得更加严重。另一些人则将其与对世界的愤世嫉俗观点联系起来，认为幸福*是*罕见的，因此值得怀疑。最终，讨论的中心在于，在一个充满真正苦难的世界里，将幸福定义为问题是荒谬的。

原文

Abstract

It is proposed that happiness be classified as a psychiatric disorder and be included in future editions of the major diagnostic manuals under the new name: major affective disorder, pleasant type. In a review of the relevant literature it is shown that happiness is statistically abnormal, consists of a discrete cluster of symptoms, is associated with a range of cognitive abnormalities, and probably reflects the abnormal functioning of the central nervous system. One possible objection to this proposal remains--that happiness is not negatively valued. However, this objection is dismissed as scientifically irrelevant.

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