纪录片《药物依赖》 第21期：百忧解的副作用

Suddenly depression had become a treatable condition,

突然之间忧郁也可以通过治疗缓解了

and that made it more socially acceptable.

这也让抑郁症更为社会所理解

If you have an effective treatment for a condition,

如果你有治疗某种疾病的良药

people who suffer from

那些患有这种病的人

that condition will come out of the woodwork

便会从各地纷至沓来

and you'll find more often that, build it and they will come.

如果有效 他们还会来

By the 1990s, the number of

到19世纪末

people coming forward seeking treatment tripled.

寻求治疗的人数变成原来的三倍

Soon SSRIs were a solution to everything.

很快抗抑郁药SSRIs成为万用药方

Back in those days, if you came into a GP's surgery looking

那个时候 如果你去普通诊所看看

a little bit glum¹ cos someone stole your bike or your dog died,

因自行车被偷或是狗死去而致的忧伤情绪

you'd be assessed as being

都会被诊断为抑郁

depressed² and be given anti-depressants.

开出抗抑郁药的药方

Way overkill. Everyone now admits that was true.

使用太过度了 这已是如今人们的共识

In time, the tide began to turn against SSRIs.

不久 反对SSRIs的浪潮掀起

As more and more people took them,

随着越来越多的人服用这一药剂

some disturbing serious side effects began to emerge.

一些严重的 令人不安的副作用出现了

1 glum   

adj.闷闷不乐的，阴郁的

参考例句：

• He was a charming mixture of glum and glee.他是一个很有魅力的人，时而忧伤时而欢笑。
• She laughed at his glum face.她嘲笑他闷闷不乐的脸。

2 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。