Evolutionary psychiatry : a new beginning

Author(s)

• Stevens, Anthony
• Hirth, John Price

Bibliographic Information

Evolutionary psychiatry : a new beginning

Anthony Stevens and John Price

Routledge, 1996

• pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780415138390

Description

Evolutionary Psychiatry was first published in 1996, the second edition followed in 2000. This ground breaking book challenged the medical model which supplied few effective answers to long-standing conundrums. A comprehensive introduction to the science of Darwinian Psychiatry, the second edition included important fresh material on a number of disorders, along with a chapter on research. Anthony Stevens and John Price argue that psychiatric symptoms are manifestations of ancient adaptive strategies which are no longer necessarily appropriate but which can best be understood and treated in an evolutionary and developmental context. Particularly important are the theories Stevens and Price propose to account for the worldwide existence of mood disorders and schizophrenia, as well as offering solutions for such puzzles as paedophilia, sado-masochism and the function of dreams. Readily accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader, Evolutionary Psychiatry describes in detail the disorders and conditions commonly encountered in psychiatric practice and shows how evolutionary theory can account for their biological origins and functional nature.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Part I: Evolutionary Psychiatry: An Introduction. Historical Background. Human Nature: Its Evolution and Development. Principles of Psychopathology. Attachment, Rank and Psychiatry. Part II: Disorders of Attachment and Rank. Mood Disorders. Personality Disorders. Obsessional Disorders. Anxiety and Phobic Disorders. Eating Disorders. Part III: Borderline States. The Borderline State. Borderline Personality Disorders. Part IV: Spacing Disorders. Spacing Personality Disorders. Schizophrenia. Part V: Reproductive Disorders. Reproductive Success and Failure. Homosexuality. Sadomasochism. Paedophilia. Part VI: Dreams, Treatment, Research and the Future. Sleep and Dreams. Classification. Treatment. Research. Towards a Science of Humanity.

Volume

pbk. ISBN 9780415138406

Description

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Details

• NCID: BA30138361
• ISBN:
  • 0415138396
  • 041513840X
• LCCN: 96011334
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 267 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC454.4
  • DC20 : 616.89/001
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mental illness -- Etiology
  • LCSH : Genetic psychology
  • LCSH : Mental illness -- Genetic aspects