![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() the defensive function of certain responses (e.g.evolution selects for reproduction rather than health.trade-offs between increased vulnerability in one area and decreased vulnerability in another.limits on what natural selection can do to select for/against certain characteristics.infectious organisms evolving more rapidly now than in the past.a mismatch of genes to current conditions (e.g.He argues that the biggest problem with current psychiatric research is the lack of acknowledgement of the role of situational factors.įrom an evolutionary psychiatry perspective, there are six key areas of vulnerability: For example, he discusses the flaws of the DSM without throwing the baby out with the bathwater. He takes the rather refreshing approach of acknowledging both the good and the bad of the field of psychiatry. Nesse digs into the science of evolutionary psychiatry to understand why mental illness persists, He explains that while the illnesses themselves aren’t evolutionary adaptations, our vulnerabilities to them may have had evolutionary purposes. ![]()
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