How Sadness Survived: The Evolutionary Basis of Depression - Softcover

Keedwell, Paul; Barker, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846190134 ISBN 13: 9781846190131

Publisher: CRC Press, 2008

Synopsis

"What I am offering is a critical overview of ideas about depression, some new, some old, which fall under the discipline of 'evolutionary psychology'(EP). Do most types of depression represent an adaptation - an evolved mechanism which has improved our survival and reproductive value in our ancestral environment? Has depression been selected? Could it still be useful to us today? This book makes a contribution to the field while communicating the issues to a wider audience than EP currently receives and deserves. There are important implications for how we should prevent or treat an increasingly common condition, and how we might view the condition in a more constructive way." - Paul Keedwell, in the Preface.

About this title

About the Author:

Consultant Psychiatrist and Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London

Review:

'A well researched book that presents a strong case for depression being understood as potentially beneficial for psychological growth. This book will be particularly helpful to those working in medical environments.' KAREN MINIKIN, THERAPY TODAY 'Looks at how sufferers may experience long-term beneficial effects from this debilitating disease...Recommended.' CHOICE

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1846190134
• ISBN 13: 9781846190131
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 194