How Sadness Survived: The Evolutionary Basis of Depression [Paperback]

Keedwell (Author)

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Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press; 1 edition (Mar 11 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1846190134
ISBN-13: 978-1846190131
Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.8 x 1.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 322 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #465,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'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 be selected? Could it still be usseful to us today? This book makes a contribution to the field while communicating the issues to a wider audience that EP currently receives and deserves. There are important implications for how we should prevent or treat increasingly common condition, and how we might view the condition in more constructive way.