Burns, Jonathan,  1968- <br/><br/>
The descent of madness :  evolutionary origins of psychosis and the social brain / 
Jonathan Burns. 
 - London :  Routledge,  2007. 
 - 264 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781583917435 (pbk.) :  �19.99 9781583917428 (hbk.) :  �55.00 9781583917435 (pbk.) :  �19.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Psychoses--Etiology<br/>Mental illness--Diagnosis<br/>Evolution.<br/>Health and Wellbeing.<br/>Clinical psychology<br/>Psychotherapy
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC512  / .B87 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.89 BUR