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Describing the ways in which human subordination systems of ancient origin relate to other behavioral systems & contribute to depressive illness, this book offers a new evolutionary model of mood disorders & explores its implications for therapy.
List of contents
Contents: Preface. Introduction.
Part I: Subordination Strategies and Depression.P. Gilbert, Varieties of Submissive Behavior as Forms of Social Defense: Their Evolution and Role in Depression.
L. Sloman, How the Involuntary Defeat Strategy Relates to Depression.
Part II: Biological Correlates of Subordination and Depression.M. McGuire, F. Fawzy, J. Spar, A. Troisi, Dysthymic Disorder, Regulation-Dysregulation Theory, CNS Blood Flow, and CNS Metabolism.
R.D. Levitan, G. Hasey, L. Sloman, Major Depression and the Involuntary Defeat Strategy: Biological Correlates.
Part III: Psychosocial Dimensions of the Involuntary Defeat Strategy.G.E. Weisfeld, C.A. Wendorf, The Involuntary Defeat Strategy and Discrete Emotions Theory.
B.P. Buunk, V. Brenninkmeyer, Social Comparison Processes Among Depressed Individuals: Evidence for the Evolutionary Perspective on Involuntary Subordinate Strategies?
J. Price, Subordination, Self-Esteem, and Depression.
Part IV: Psychotherapeutic Approaches.S.R. Swallow, A Cognitive Behavioral Perspective on the Involuntary Defeat Strategy.
L. Sloman, L. Atkinson, Social Competition and Attachment.
L. Sloman, P. Gilbert, Concluding Comments.
About the author
Edited by Sloman, Leon; Gilbert, Paul
Summary
Describing the ways in which human subordination systems of ancient origin relate to other behavioral systems & contribute to depressive illness, this book offers a new evolutionary model of mood disorders & explores its implications for therapy.
