The descent of madness : evolutionary origins of psychosis and the social brain / Jonathan Burns.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2007.Description: 264 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781583917435 (pbk.) :
- 9781583917428 (hbk.) :
- 9781583917435 (pbk.) :
- 616.89 BUR
- RC512 .B87 2007
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616.89 BEN Clinical psychology, research and practice an introductory textbook / | 616.89 BHU Cross-cultural psychiatry : a practical guide / | 616.89 BOW The social nature of mental illness / | 616.89 BUR The descent of madness : evolutionary origins of psychosis and the social brain / | 616.89 BUT Abnormal psychology. | 616.89 CAR Abnormal psychology and modern life / | 616.89 CAR Abnormal psychology and modern life / |
Includes bibliographical references.
1.Introduction -- 2.A history and pre-history of madness -- 3.Evolutionary principles of the origins of psychosis -- 4.Evolutionary genetics of psychosis -- 5.A social brain for a social world -- 6.The evolution of the social brain -- 7.Schizophrenia and the social brain -- 8.The dysconnectivity huypothesis of schizophrenia -- 10.The costly legacy of an evolved social brain.
Drawing on evidence from across the behavioural and natural sciences, this book advances a radical new hypothesis: that madness exists as a costly consequence of the evolution of a sophisticated social brain in Homo sapiens.