Darwinian psychiatry / Michael McGuire, Alfonso Troisi.

By:

McGuire, Michael T, 1929-2016

Contributor(s):

Troisi, Alfonso

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 344 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1423759818
9781423759812
1602562296
9781602562295
9780195116731
0195116739
1280470275
9781280470271

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Darwinian psychiatry.DDC classification:

616.89 21

LOC classification:

RC455.4.G4 M34 1998eb

NLM classification:

WM 100 M47832d 1998

Other classification:

44.91

Online resources:

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-331) and index.

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.

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