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Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine - The Origins of Psychopathology (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine - The Origins of Psychopathology (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine are concerned with medical
conditions affecting brain, mind and behaviour in manifold ways.
Traditional approaches have focused on a restricted array of
potential causes of psychiatric and psychosomatic conditions -
including adverse experiences such as trauma, neglect or abuse,
genetic vulnerability and epigenetic regulation of gene expression.
Whilst essential for the understanding of mental disorders, these
approaches have disregarded important questions such as why the
human mind is vulnerable to dysfunction at all. The Textbook of
Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine updates and
expands the previous edition to provide answers to these questions
by emphasising an evolutionary perspective on psychiatric and
psychosomatic conditions. It explains how the human brain/mind has
been shaped by natural and sexual selection; why adaptations to
environmental conditions in our evolutionary past may nowadays work
in suboptimal ways; and how human cognition, emotions, and
behaviour can be scientifically framed to improve our understanding
of how people try to attain important biosocial goals pertaining to
one's status in society, mating, eliciting and providing care, and
maintaining rewarding relationships. The evolutionary topics
relevant to the understanding of psychiatric and psychosomatic
conditions include the concepts of genetic plasticity, life history
theory, stress regulation and immunological aspects. In addition,
it is argued that an evolutionary framework is also necessary to
understand how psychotherapy and psychopharmacology work to improve
the lives of patients with psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders.
The Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine
is a valuable text for all students of Psychology, Medicine, and
Psychotherapy who seek an understanding of the evolutionary issues
surrounding health and disease.
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