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How Sadness Survived
Paul Keedwell
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Description for How Sadness Survived
Paperback. 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? This book makes a contribution to the field of evolutionary psychology(EP) while communicating the issues to a wider audience than EP receives and deserves. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC; JMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258. Good copy showing some age and shelf wear. Previous owner's notes and underlining to some pages. Remains a good copy
"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 ... Read more
"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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
CRC Press
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846190131
SKU
KMK0003810
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Paul Keedwell
Consultant Psychiatrist and Lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London
Reviews for How Sadness Survived
'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