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Author Burns, Jonathan, 1968-

Title The descent of madness : evolutionary origins of psychosis and the social brain / Jonathan Burns
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 275 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- A history and pre-history of madness -- Evolutionary principles of the origins of psychosis -- Evolutionary genetics of psychosis -- A social brain for a social world -- The evolution of the social brain -- Schizophrenia and the social brain -- The dysconnectivity hypothesis of schizophrenia -- Evolutionary ontogeny of schizophrenia -- The costly legacy of an evolved social brain
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-258) and index
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Subject Psychoses -- Etiology
Mental illness -- Diagnosis.
Evolution.
Psychotic Disorders -- etiology
Evolution
Hominidae -- psychology
Psychotic Disorders -- genetics
Social Behavior
MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
Evolution
Mental illness -- Diagnosis
Psychoses -- Etiology
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203012116
0203012119
9781583917428
158391742X
9781583917435
1583917438