双语：超级成功人士更易患抑郁症

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1、双语：超级成功人士更易患抑郁症？WhyTheSuper-SuccessfulGetDepressedWhethertheuber-successful–theCEOs,thefounders,theinnovators–aremoreorlesspronetodepressionthantheaveragepersonisatrickyandfascinating,nottomentioncontroversial,question.WeknowthattheaverageCEOismorelikelytopossesssubtlepsychopathictraitsandbe

2、morepronetoaddiction(seehereandhereforrundownsofthoseissues,respectively).Infact,thosetendenciesmayevenhelptheindividualrisetosuchheightsinthefirstplace.Butwhataboutotherformsofmentalhealthissue,likeclinicaldepression?Thatparticulardisorderismuchlesslikelyacausefortheirstardom,butratherastra

3、ngesymptomofitspresence.相对于普通人，超级成功人士——首席执行官（CEO）、创始人、创新者——是更容易还是更不容易患上抑郁症呢？这是一个复杂、诱人且存有争议的问题。众所周知，一般而言，CEO们往往更有可能带有轻度的病态性格特征，而且更容易上瘾。事实上，他们之所以能飞黄腾达，一定程度上还仰赖于这些倾向。可是其他形式的心理健康问题，如临床抑郁症呢？这种症状不大可能是他们成名的铺路砖，而恰恰是成功所带来的副作用。Asmatteringofresearchhassuggestedthatauthoritymaybelinkedtodepression,andth

4、atCEOsmaybedepressedatmorethandoubletherateofthegeneralpublic(whichisalreadyabout20%).Somepopulararticleshavearguedthatextremesuccesshassomanystringsattachedthatitcanpullapersondowncompletely.Somestudiesevensuggestthatrichkidsare,counter-intuitively,moredepressedandanxiousthantheirmiddle-orl

5、ow-incomepeers.Andweknowfromcross-nationalresearchthatdepressionismorecommoninwealthycountriesthaninthelesswealthy,lessindustrializedones.Butthisdoesn’ttellusmuchabouttheprevalenceofdepressionintheuppervs.thelowersocioeconomicclasseswithinacountry.少数的研究已经表明，权力可能与抑郁相关，而CEO患上抑郁症的几率要比普通人（现在大约是2

6、0%）多出一倍。一些流传较广的文章认为，超级成功所牵涉的问题之众，往往会彻底拖垮一个人。一些研究甚至表明，与我们的直觉相反，富二代要比中低层收入的同龄人更沮丧和焦虑。而我们从一项跨国研究中得知，抑郁症在富裕国家比工业化程度较低的贫穷国家更为普遍。至于一个国家内部，上流阶层和较低的社会经济阶层的抑郁情况，我们不甚了解。Frompsychologistswhohavetreatedtheveryhigh-functioningC-suitetypesovertheyears,theconsensusseemstobethatthisgroupisindeedmorepronetom

7、ajordepression–foravarietyofreasons–thanpeopleofothersocioeconomicstrata.“Uber-successcanbedepressogenic,”saysToddEssig,ForbescontributorandpsychologistinNewYorkCity.“ManyC-suiteexecutivesarepronetodepression,despitetheirsuccess,maybeevenbecauseofi