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Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry: The origins of psychopathology 1st Edition

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In the past couple of decades, studies investigating the genetic background of psychiatric disorders have mushroomed. Research into the brain mechanisms and regions of the brain involved in certain dysfunctions have greatly improved our knowledge of the relationship between brain pathology and
psychopathology. By contrast, we know far less about 'why' certain individuals remain vulnerable to psychiatric disease at all, and whether they were selected by evolutionary forces or simply by-products of other species-specific characteristics.

This comprehensive book presents a new integrative approach to understanding psychopathological conditions - an approach that embraces cognition, emotion, behaviour, and their nature-nurture interactions. Central to this approach is the introduction of human evolution into the psychiatric model -
psychiatrists need to know why the human mind and brain evolved in the way it did. In three parts, the book presents a comprehensive account of human brain evolution in terms of physical features and function, showing how these relate to our current understanding of psychopathology.

Accessibly written, the book shows how a consideration of evolutionary factors in psychiatry can improve our understanding and treatment of specific disorders such as suicidal behaviour, anorexia, and depression.

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0199207682
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978-0199207688
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1st
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Oxford University Press
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November 15, 2008
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English
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9.6 x 0.7 x 6.7 inches
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408 pages
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"This is an outstanding new book on evolutionary psychopathology. This is a much needed book that helps put psychiatry in its proper place in biology and psychology. Psychiatrists need to read this book!"--Doody's Health Sciences Review

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Martin Brüne was born in 1962 and graduated from medical school in 1988. He completed specialist training in Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; his habilitation thesis was finished in 2001. He has been a professor of Psychiatry since 2007. His main research interests are evolutionary
psychopathology, social cognition, ethology of psychiatric populations, and psychopathology in great apes.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 1st edition (November 15, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 408 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199207682
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199207688
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.54 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.6 x 0.7 x 6.7 inches

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Areader

Very educational

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 9, 2017

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Great book. I have not read any other books on this particular subject and found it very informative.

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Joseph O. Polimeni

Solid, Comprehensive Overview of Evolutionary Psychiatry

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 3, 2009

This book is a well-written introduction to the topic of evolutionary psychiatry. Evolutionary perspectives of psychiatric disorders are becoming increasingly relevant to day-to-day psychiatric practice. The author establishes the core arguments supporting the relevance of evolutionary principles for each major psychiatric diagnosis. It is thorough and broad in its coverage. Anyone interested in the psychological sciences from first year student to veteran psychiatrist will learn something. Also, the book contains perhaps the most comprehensive reference list of evolutionary psychiatry papers to date. The author may have perhaps given greater attention to multi-level selection. Otherwise, an excellent book.

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L. Farrell

nothing new

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 7, 2010

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I bought this book with high expectations hoping for a text that would seriously consolidate evolutionary research and hypotheses to augment understanding and deepen knowledge in the various mental and emotional disorders. I was disapointed by the result. The chapters covering major diagnoses basically replicates the DSM-IV-TR categories with additional scant focus on biology, genetics and evolutionary theories. Nothing new and an extremely conservative, dry text.

JR

Passionnant et dérangeant

Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on August 29, 2017

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Ouvrage scientifique qui bouscule beaucoup d'idées reçues sur la maladie mentale et le fonctionnement psychique du primate humain.
Pour suivre, il faut changer ses paradigmes de pensée habituels et parvenir à se considérer comme un être social avant tout.

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面白い！

Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on February 17, 2012

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英語は苦手ですが、噛みしめるように、味わって読んでいます。進化によって人間にそなわってきた精神機能を説明し、その上で、その精神機能が過剰になったり変質してしまったところに、精神病理現象が生じると考えうることを、多岐にわたって紹介しています。

たとえば、互助社会を成立させるには、人を助ける精神だけでなく、裏切りなどの不誠実な行動を見つけて罰したり、誠意ある人間かどうか予見する能力も必要になる。多くの妄想は被害的であるが、それは、裏切りを心配する心の働きが背景にあり、その過剰がこのような被害妄想に結実すると解釈されるとのことである。また別のところでは、子供は、親からの投資をより多く引き出せることが適応的である。幼さを強調することは、親からの投資をより多く引き出す試みとしてありうることである。しかし、こうした戦略が過剰になってしまうと「退行」と呼ばれ、病的な色彩を帯びてくる…　などなどである。とても多くの珠玉の内容が各ページにちりばめられている。人の心と、その病理現象の理解について、進化論的視点から鳥瞰した成果がまとめられ実に興味深い著作である。

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