Evolutionary foundations for psychiatric research and practice
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Publication Type: Book Chapter
Authors: Nesse, R
Editors: Sadock, BJ; Sadock, VA; Ruiz, P
Year of Publication: 2017
Book Title: Kaplan & Sadock’s comprehensive textbook of psychiatry
Edition: 10th
Pagination: 769–780
Publisher: Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer
Publication Language: eng
Abstract:
Major advances in the evolutionary explanation of behavior and emotions fiom the second half of the 20th century have yet to be fully applied in psychiatry. This chapter summarizes those advances and how understanding them can make clinicians and researchers more effective. Some have direct applications, such as understanding the human mating system, how negative emotions are useful, and why there are no common alleles with large effects on highly heritable diseases such as schizophrenia. However, the big payoffs in the long run …
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