| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 344 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Darwinian Psychiatry: The Context -- Ch. 2. Diagnosing and Explaining Mental Conditions -- Ch. 3. Evolutionary Concepts Important to Psychiatry -- Ch. 4. A Theory of Behavior -- Ch. 5. Mechanisms, Symptoms, and Affects -- Ch. 6. Information Recognition and Signaling -- Ch. 7. Evolutionary Models of Depression -- Ch. 8. Regulation-Dysregulation Theory and Condition Triggering -- Ch. 9. Personality Conditions -- Ch. 10. Anorexia Nervosa -- Ch. 11. Schizophrenia -- Ch. 12. Phobias -- Ch. 13. Other Conditions -- Ch. 14. Dysthymic Disorder: A Study of Infrastructural Suboptimality -- Ch. 15. Intervention Strategies -- Ch. 16. Key Points |
| Summary |
In Darwinian Psychiatry, Michael T. McGuire and Alfonso Troisi provide a conceptual framework for integrating many features of prevailing models. Based on Darwinian theory rather than traditional approaches, the book offers clinicians a fundamentally new perspective for looking at the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Writing from this innovative theoretical position, the authors discuss the origin of pathological conditions, the adaptive and maladaptive aspects of symptoms and syndromes, the biological basis of social relations, and many other key concepts. The authors suggest that when making diagnostic assessments, psychiatrists should evaluate not only the patient's symptoms but also their functional capacities, and that therapeutic interventions should work toward the achievement of biological goals |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-331) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Mental illness -- Genetic aspects.
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Mental illness -- Etiology.
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Genetic psychology.
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Human behavior.
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Mental illness.
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Electronic books.
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Psychiatry
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Behavior
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Mental Disorders
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human behavior.
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mental disorders.
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e-books.
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MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
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MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
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Mental illness
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Human behavior
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Genetic psychology
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Mental illness -- Etiology
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Mental illness -- Genetic aspects
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Psychische Störung
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Evolutionstheorie
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Psychiatrie.
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Psychische stoornissen.
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Evolutionary psychology.
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Genetische psychologie.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Troisi, Alfonso.
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| ISBN |
1423759818 |
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9781423759812 |
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1602562296 |
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9781602562295 |
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9780195116731 |
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0195116739 |
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1280470275 |
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9781280470271 |
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