The Maladapted Mind - Classic Readings in Evolutionary Psychopathology

This is the first book to bring together classic and contemporary readings illustrating the new subdiscipline of evolutionary psychopathology. How evolutionary arguments bear on the study of different psychiatric conditions are demonstrated.

List of contents

S. Baron-Cohen, Preface: Why Evolutionary Psychopathology? R. Nesse, G. Williams, Are Mental Disorders Diseases? M. McGuire, I. Marks, R. Nesse, A. Troisi, Evolutionary Biology: A Basic Science for Psychiatry? D. Wilson, Evolutionary Epidemiology: Darwinian Theory in the Service of Medicine and Psychiatry. I. Marks, R. Nesse, Fear and Fitness: An Evolutioary Analysis of Anxiety Disorders. R. Nesse, An Evolutionary Perspective on Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. R. James Blair, A Cognitive Developmental Approach to Morality: Investigating the Psychopath. M. Daly, M. Wilson, Evolutionary Social Psychology and Family Homicide. L. Mealey, The Sociobiology of Sociopathy: An Integrated Evolutionary Model. L.A. Dugatkin, The Evolution of the "Con-Artist". S. Baron-Cohen, How to Build a Baby that Can Read Minds: Cognitive Mechanisms in Mindreading. J, Price, L. Sloman, R. Gardner Jr., P. Gilbert, P. Rohde, The Social Competition Hypothesis of Depression,

About the author

Simon Baron-Cohen

Summary

This is the first book to bring together classic and contemporary readings illustrating the new subdiscipline of evolutionary psychopathology. How evolutionary arguments bear on the study of different psychiatric conditions are demonstrated.

Product details

• Assisted by: Simon Baron-Cohen (Editor), Baron-Cohen Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.07.1997
• EAN: 9780863774607
• ISBN: 978-0-86377-460-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 720 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Evolution, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Clinical psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Evolution / Evolutionary biology