This review of recent evolutionary theories on psychopathology takes
on controversies and contradictions both with established
psychological thought and within the evolutionary field itself.
Opening with the ancestral origins of the familiar biopsychosocial
model of psychological conditions, the book traces distinctive
biological and cultural pathways shaping human development and their
critical impact on psychiatric and medical disorders. Analyses of
disparate phenomena such as jealousy, social anxiety, depressive
symptoms, and antisocial behavior describe adaptive functions that
have far outlasted their usefulness, or that require further study and
perhaps new directions for treatment. In addition, the book’s
compelling explorations of violence, greed, addiction, and suicide
challenge us to revisit many of our assumptions regarding what it
means to be human. Included in the coverage: ·
Evolutionary foundations of psychiatric compared to non-psychiatric
disorders. · Evolutionary psychopathology,
uncomplicated depression, and the distinction between normal and
disordered sadness. · Depression: is rumination
really adaptive? · A CBT approach to coping with
sexual betrayal and the green-eyed monster. ·
Criminology’s modern synthesis: remaking the science of crime with
Darwinian insight. · Anthropathology: the abiding
malady of the species. With its wealth of interdisciplinary
viewpoints, The Evolution of Psychopathology makes an appropriate
supplementary text for advanced graduate courses in the evolutionary
sciences, particularly in psychology, biology, anthropology,
sociology, and philosophy.
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ISBN
9783319605760
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Springer Nature
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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