Origins of Psychopathology: The Phylogenetic and Cultural Basis of Mental Illness
Horacio Jr. Fábrega Jr.
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What are the origins of human psychopathology? Is mental illness a relatively recent phenomenon, or has it been with us throughout evolution?
In Origins of Psychopathology, Horacio Fárega Jr. employs principles of evolutionary biology to better understand the significance of mental illness. He explores whether what psychiatry has categorized as mental disorders could have existed during earlier phases of human evolution. Fábrega approaches the prominent features of mental disorders as adaptive responses to the environment and life’s circumstances, which in turn can only be understood in the context of our evolutionary past. Taking his cue from theoretical issues raised ... Read more
What are the origins of human psychopathology? Is mental illness a relatively recent phenomenon, or has it been with us throughout evolution?
In Origins of Psychopathology, Horacio Fárega Jr. employs principles of evolutionary biology to better understand the significance of mental illness. He explores whether what psychiatry has categorized as mental disorders could have existed during earlier phases of human evolution. Fábrega approaches the prominent features of mental disorders as adaptive responses to the environment and life’s circumstances, which in turn can only be understood in the context of our evolutionary past. Taking his cue from theoretical issues raised ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813530239
SKU
V9780813530239
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About Horacio Jr. Fábrega Jr.
HORACIO FÁBREGA F JR., M.D. is a professor of psychiatry and anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of Disease and Social Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Evolution of Sickness and Healing, and coauthor of Illness and Shamanistic Curing in Zincatan.
Reviews for Origins of Psychopathology: The Phylogenetic and Cultural Basis of Mental Illness
No one has quite taken the author's approach before. And there are few authors who would dare. Not only is the author courageous and skilled at the task he sets for himself, but he also develops a set of compelling arguments and hypotheses. The result is a remarkable book annotated by careful and insightful scholarship, the development of novel ideas, ... Read more