金融行业沦为自杀高发行业?sthereasuicidecontagiononWallStreet?Afewdaysago,aWallStreetexecutivewasdebatingwhetherhecouldgetawayfromtheofficelongenoughtoseehisshrinkuptown.Inthemidstofabusyworkday,itwaslookingunlikely.ThenhestumbledacrossanarticleintheNewYorkPostwiththedisquietingnewsthataJ.P.MorganChase(JPM)employeehadjumpedtohisdeathfromthebank'sofficesinHongKong,justthreeweeksafterafellowbankeratthefirmhadcommittedsuicidebyjumpingofftheroofofthebank'sLondonheadquarters."JPMorgansuicideis3rdmysteriousdeathinweeks,"readthePostheadline.几天前,一位华尔街高管因为能不能请会儿假去上城区看心理医生与别人发生争执。在一个繁忙的工作日,这看似不太可能。随后,这位高管碰巧看到了《纽约邮报》(NewYorkPost)上一则让人闹心的消息,内容是摩根大通(J.P.MorganChase)香港员工跳楼身亡。就在三周前,摩根大通另一名工作人员也从该行伦敦总部楼顶一跃而下。《纽约邮报》这篇文章的题目是《摩根大通几周内连续爆出三起员工神秘自杀身亡事件》。Theexecutivewenttohisappointment."Hesaid,'That'swhatdrovemeintoyourofficetoday,IwanttomakesurethatI'mallright,'"saysAldenCass,thepsychologistwhotreatstheexecutive,aswellasabunchofclientswhoareportfoliomanagers,investmentbankers,andtradersofalltypes.这位高管还是去看了他的心理医生奥尔登•卡斯。后者回忆道:“他说,‘这件事促使我今天到你的办公室来,我想确认自己没有问题。’”除了金融公司高管,卡斯还有很多客户,其中包括投资经理人、投行人士以及各式各样的交易员。TherashofsuicideshassentashudderthroughWallStreetandbeyond.ThethirddeathreferencedbythePost—thatofaJ.P.MorganexecutivedirectorwhodiedinsidehisConnecticuthomeinJanuary—didnotappeartobeintentional.(Areportisstillpending.)YettheJ.P.Morganincidentsareonlythemostrecentinastringofatleastahalf-dozensuicidesinthefinancialworldsincelateAugust.ThoseincludeexecutivesatZurichInsuranceGroup(ZURVY),DeutscheBank(DB),andRussellInvestments,amongotherfirms.自杀事件集中出现,受到震撼的不仅是华尔街。《纽约邮报》提到的第三起死亡事件看起来不像是自杀——摩根大通一位执行董事今年1月份死在康涅狄格州的家里(死因报告尚未公布)。其实,去年8月底以来,金融行业至少已有六人自杀,摩根大通的员工死亡事件只是出现的最晚而已。发生同样悲剧的还有苏黎世保险集团(ZurichInsuranceGroup)、德意志银行(DeutscheBank)和RussellInvestments等公司。Bankersuicidesaren'tanewphenomenon.ClustersoftheminquicksuccessionoccurredduringtheGreatDepressionandduringtherecentGreatRecession.Indeed,researchhasshownthatsuicidescanbecontagious,sotospeak.Thatisparticularlytruewhengraphicandsensationalreportsofthefatalitiesleadtocopycats,accordingtotheAmericanAssociationofSuicidology.Sotherecentuntimelydeathshavesparkedconcernsthattherecouldbemoreontheway.J.P.MorganspokesmanJoeEvangelistisaysthecompanyhassentnoticesremindingemployeesthat24/7mentalhealth-relatedsupportresourcesareavailableatthebank,andthatitsheartsgoouttothefamiliesofthedeceased.银行业人员自杀不是什么新鲜事。上世纪30年代大萧条以及最近一次的经济大衰退期间,银行业人员都曾接二连三地自杀。实际上可以这么说,相关研究已经证明自杀会传染。美国自杀学协会(AmericanAssociationofSuicidology)指出,情况确实如此,有关自杀的图片和煽情报道会引起他人的效仿。因此,最近这些不合时宜的死亡事件已经开始让人们担心可能还会有人自杀。摩根大通发言人乔•埃万杰利斯蒂表示,公司已经通知员工,摩根大通可以随时为他们提供精神健康方面的帮助,而且公司对已故员工的家属深表同情。Butwitheachnewwaveofsuicidescomequestionsaboutwhetherthedeathssignifyadisturbingtrend...