Evolutionary Psychiatry: A New Beginning

Evolutionary psychiatry challenges the medical model, which has few effective answers to long-standing mysteries. A comprehensive introduction to the science of Darwinian psychiatry is supplemented in the second edition with important new material on a number of disorders, as well as a chapter devoted to field studies.
Anthony Stevens and John Price argue that psychiatric symptoms are manifestations of ancient adaptive strategies that are not necessarily relevant today but become better understood in the context of evolution and development. Accessible to both specialists and non-specialists, "Evolutionary Psychiatry" provides a detailed description of disorders and conditions commonly encountered in psychiatric practice and shows how evolutionary theory can explain their biological origin and functional nature.
Anthony Stevens is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and author of numerous books, including "On Jung," "The Ariadne's Thread: A Guide to the Symbols of Humankind," and "A Rational Man's Guide to Psychotherapy." John Price has worked in the Psychiatric Genetics Department of the Medical Research Council and as a consultant psychiatrist in the NHS.
He is a former senior lecturer in psychological medicine at Newcastle upon Tyne University and recently served as chair of the Psychotherapy Section of the World Psychiatric Association.