Evolutionary Psychiatry, second edition: A New Beginning

by Stevens,Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780415219785
• ISBN10: 0415219787
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317724698
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-11
• Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
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Summary

Challenging a medical model which has supplied few effective answers to long-standing conundrums, Evolutionary Psychiatry proposes a new conceptual framework for psychiatry based on Darwinian theory.Anthony Stevens and John Price argue that psychiatric symptoms are manifestations of ancient adaptive strategies which are no longer necessarily appropriate but which can best be understood and treated in an evolutionary and developmental context. They propose theories to account for the widespread existence of affective disorders, borderline states and schizophrenia, as well as offering solutions for puzzles such as sadomasochism and the function of dreams.This comprehensive introduction to the new science of Darwinian Psychiatry is readily accessible to both the specialist and non-specialist reader. It describes in detail the disorders and conditions commonly encountered in psychiatric practice and show how evolutionary theory can account for their biological origins and functional nature.

Author Biography

Anthony Stevens is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and author

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	vii
Preface to the first edition	ix
Preface to the second edition	xi
Acknowledgements	xiv
Part I Evolutionary psychiatry: an introduction
Historical Background	3	(8)
Human Nature: Its Evolution and Development	11	(19)
Principles of Psychopathology	30	(14)
Attachment, Rank, and Psychiatry	44	(15)
Part II Disorders of attachment and rank
Mood Disorders	59	(25)
Personality Disorders	84	(10)
Obsessional Disorders	94	(4)
Anxiety and Phobic Disorders	98	(12)
Eating Disorders	110	(11)
Part III Borderline states
The Borderline State	121	(6)
Borderline Personality Disorders	127	(6)
Part IV Spacing disorders
Spacing Personality Disorders	133	(8)
Schizophrenia	141	(24)
Part V Reproductive disorders
Reproductive Success and Failure	165	(11)
Homosexuality	176	(11)
Sadomasochism	187	(19)
Paedophilia	206	(13)
Part VI Dreams, treatment, research, and the future
Sleep and Dreams	219	(16)
Classification	235	(5)
Treatment	240	(18)
Research	258	(17)
Towards A Science of Humanity	275	(4)
Glossary	279	(7)
Bibliography	286	(15)
Index	301