Evolutionary Psychiatry -

Evolutionary Psychiatry

Current Perspectives on Evolution and Mental Health
Buch | Hardcover
338 Seiten
2022
RCPsych Publications (Verlag)
978-1-316-51656-0 (ISBN)
62,30 inkl. MwSt
Evolution helps us to answer both 'why' as well as 'how' mental disorders arise. This book will be of interest to mental health professionals of all disciplines, academics studying various aspects of the human condition as well as patients and carers who are seeking a deeper understanding of the roots of mental disorders.
Evolutionary psychiatry attempts to explain and examine the development and prevalence of psychiatric disorders through the lens of evolutionary and adaptationist theories. In this edited volume, leading international evolutionary scholars present a variety of Darwinian perspectives that will encourage readers to consider 'why' as well as 'how' mental disorders arise. Using insights from comparative animal evolution, ethology, anthropology, culture, philosophy and other humanities, evolutionary thinking helps us to re-evaluate psychiatric epidemiology, genetics, biochemistry and psychology. It seeks explanations for persistent heritable traits shaped by selection and other evolutionary processes, and reviews traits and disorders using phylogenetic history and insights from the neurosciences as well as the effects of the modern environment. By bridging the gap between social and biological approaches to psychiatry, and encouraging bringing the evolutionary perspective into mainstream psychiatry, this book will help to inspire new avenues of research into the causation and treatment of mental disorders.

Riadh Abed is a retired Consultant Psychiatrist, Medical Director, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. He is currently working for the Mental Health Tribunal Service in England. He is a former (founding) Chair of the Evolutionary Psychiatry Special Interest Group at the Royal College of Psychiatrists and is currently its Finance Officer. He is also Secretary of the Section of Evolutionary Psychiatry at the World Psychiatric Association. He has been interested in the application of evolutionary theory to the understanding of mental disorder and has published novel evolutionary theories on eating disorders, OCD and schizophrenia. Paul St John-Smith is a retired Consultant Psychiatrist, who has worked as an in-patient and community consultant as well as in dual diagnosis in the NHS. He is currently Chair of the Evolutionary Psychiatry Special Interest Group at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He has had interests in adult general psychiatry, psychopharmacology, evidence-based medicine, substance abuse and application of evolutionary theory to the understanding of mental disorder.

List of Contributors; Foreword; George Ikkos Preface; 1. Introduction to Evolutionary Psychiatry Riadh Abed, Paul St John-Smith; 2. The Biopsychosocial Model Advanced by Evolutionary Theory Adam Hunt, Paul St John-Smith and Riadh Abed; 3. Hominin Evolution I: The Origins of Homo sapiens Derek K. Tracy ; 4. Hominin Evolution II: Sapiens, Masters of the Known Universe Derek K. Tracy ; 5. Hunter-Gatherers, Mismatch and Mental Disorder Nikhil Chaudhary, Gul Deniz Salali; 6. Why Do Mental Disorders Persist? Evolutionary Foundations for Psychiatry Randolph M. Nesse; 7. Anxiety Disorders in Evolutionary Perspective Randolph M. Nesse; 8. Evolutionary Perspectives on Depression Markus J. Rantala, Severi Luoto; 9. On the Randomness of Suicide: An Evolutionary, Clinical Call to Transcend Suicide Risk Assessment C. A. Soper, Pablo Malo Ocejo, Matthew M. Large; 10. Evolutionary Perspectives on Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Martin Brüne; 11. Evolutionary Perspectives on Eating Disorders Riadh Abed, Agnes Ayton; 12. Substance Abuse and Evolution Riadh Abed, Paul St John-Smith; 13. The Social Function of Alcohol from an Evolutionary Perspective Robin I. M. Dunbar; 14. Evolutionary Perspectives on Childhood Trauma Annie Swanepoel, Michael J. Reiss, John Launer, Graham Music, Bernadette Wren; 15. Evolutionary Perspectives on Neurodevelopmental Disorders Annie Swanepoel, Michael J. Reiss, John Launer, Graham Music, Bernadette Wren; 16. Maternal Negativity and Child Maltreatment: How Evolutionary Perspectives Contribute to a Layered and Compassionate Understanding Daniela F. Sieff; 17. Alzheimer's Disease as a Disease of Evolutionary Mismatch, with a Focus on Reproductive Life History Molly Fox; 18. Psychopharmacology and Evolution Paul St John-Smith, Riadh Abed, Martin Brüne; 19. What the Evolutionary and Cognitive Sciences Offer the Sciences of Crime and Justice Brian B. Boutwell, Megan Suprenant, Todd K. Shackelford; 20. Evolutionary Thinking and Clinical Care of Psychiatric Patients Alfonso Troisi.

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Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 183 x 259 mm
Gewicht 830 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Klinische Psychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
ISBN-10 1-316-51656-3 / 1316516563
ISBN-13 978-1-316-51656-0 / 9781316516560
Zustand Neuware
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