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 morethe presentation of counterintuitive hypotheses, and it is an easy and compelling read. No one will agree with all that is written in Origins, but no student of psychopathology should pass on this book. Origins is a fascinating and novel reconstruction of psychopathology's past and its influence on the present.
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
àthis is a well written book. And though it may be a struggle for some non-academic readers, I believe anyone interested in the relationship between animal behavior, the biological, cultural, and ecological evolution of humankind, and what we humans consider to be psychopathology is likely to find it well worth the effort.
Metapsychology
A complex and comprehensive book on what evolutionary theory might contribute to our understanding of mental illness and, to a lesser extent, what mental illness might contribute to human evolution. Biopsychosocial perspectives are summarized over a time span extending back millions of years to our hominid ancestorsàAn original contribution.
Journal of the American Medical Association
A well-written book. . . . I believe anyone interested in the relationship between animal behavior, the biological, cultural and ecological evolution of humankind, and what we humans consider to be psychopathology is likely to find it well worth the effort.
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