一个多世纪以来几代人梦寐以求的现代化正在向中华民族走来,人们心向往之的现代化正在东方地平线上冉冉升起。然而,现代化并不是一席现成的供人们尽情享用的美餐。历史经验,特别是后发型现代化国家的历史经验告诉人们,追求现代化的仁人志士曾倍受艰辛,处于现代化进程中的社会时有动荡起伏,从事现代化事业的人们也往往面临着各种焦虑和困惑。各种心理障碍不时地向人们袭来,抑郁症明显呈上升趋势,甚至有人断言它会成为新世纪的时代病。于是,社会转型把心理保健问题摆到许多人的面前。首先,要求人们深刻理解现代化进程所造成的深刻社会变革。我们所经历的变革是一种深层的社会转型,即由农业经济转向工业经济,由自然经济转向商品经济。前者表示着人们与自然界交换物质和能量的技术方式,后者表示着人们交换自己的活动和产品的社会方式。它们分别造就了不同的生活方式, The dream of more than a century’s modernization has been coming to the Chinese nation for generations, and the aspiration for modernization is rising on the horizon of the East. However, modernization is not a ready-made meal for people to enjoy. Historical experience, especially that of post-hairstyle-oriented modern countries, tells people that the benevolent-minded people pursuing modernization have suffered so much. The societies that are in the process of modernization have turmoil and fluctuate. People engaged in the modernization are often confronted with all kinds of anxiety and confusion. Various mental disorders hit people from time to time. Depression was clearly on the rise. Some even claimed that it would become a disease of the new century. As a result, social transformation put the issue of mental health care in front of many people. First of all, it requires people to profoundly understand the profound social changes caused by the process of modernization. The change we have experienced is a profound social transformation, from the agricultural economy to the industrial economy and the natural economy to the commodity economy. The former represents the technological way in which people exchange material and energy with nature, the latter representing the social way in which people exchange their own activities and products. They have created a different way of life,