方平同志: 你好!诚如来信所说,七情致病,自古有之。然而,你要知道,七情致病,今更甚之。仪以美国为例,美国健康教育委员会于1967年宣布:在美国全人口中,每十个人里就有一人患心理疾病,每二十人中就有一人因心理疾病而住院治疗。卡特夫人在1979年美国精神病学会会上又指出:“在美国有百分之十五的人一生中需要精神方面的照顾;有百分之二十五的人患轻度或中度的忧郁、焦虑等精神 Fang Ping: Hello! Sincerely, as the letter said, seven emotions cause illness, since ancient times. However, you must know that the seven emotions cause illness even worse. In the United States, for example, the U.S. Health Education Board announced in 1967 that one out of every 10 people in the U.S. population had mental illness and one out of every 20 was hospitalized for mental illness. At the 1979 American Psychiatric Association, Mrs Carter pointed out: ”In the United States, 15% of people need mental care in their lifetime; 25% suffer from mild or moderate depression , Anxiety and other spirit