How sadness survived: the evolutionary basis of depression
"This book is a critical overview of ideas about depression, some new, some old, which fall under the discipline of 'evolutionary psychology'." "How Sadness Survived spans philosophy, history, anthropology, psychology, psychiatry, sociology and ethology. Its positive, contro...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "This book is a critical overview of ideas about depression, some new, some old, which fall under the discipline of 'evolutionary psychology'." "How Sadness Survived spans philosophy, history, anthropology, psychology, psychiatry, sociology and ethology. Its positive, controversial and intriguing assertion is that depression may confer long-term benefits to the sufferer. Its conclusions have important implications for how we should prevent or treat an increasingly common condition, and how we might view the condition in a more constructive way."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xvii, 176 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9781846190131 |
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About the author vii
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction ix
Crucial definitions xv
The hypothesis xviii
SECTION 1
Genes, disease and depression: busting myths
Myth 1: We come into the world as a blank slate: 3
how we think and feel is determined only by experience
Myth 2: Evolutionary psychology implies that behaviour 6
is under genetic control
Myth 3: Evolutionary explanations for human psychology 7
have no basis and can not be proved
Myth 4: Depression must be a disease because it is 8
unpleasant and undesirable
Myth 5: Depression can not be regarded as helpful 9
because it causes suicide
Myth 6: Depression makes us more prone to other diseases 14
Some important assumptions about depression 17
References 19
SECTION 2
The war of depression: an ancient human condition or
a modern malaise?
1 Living on a boat 25
References 31
2 Why weepest thou? 32
References 39
iv Contents
3 Is depression universal? 40
The universality of grief - and its relationship to depression 5 3
References 54
4 Depression s place in the animal kingdom 57
The depressed primate 60
Chronic stress and learned helplessness 64
References 67
5 Adaptation or fluff? 69
The imperfect adaptation 69
Depression as genetic fluff 70
Language and thought 72
Personality 75
References 78
SECTION 3
What has depression ever done for us?
6 Putting on the brakes 83
Getting detached 83
Social status 86
Chronic stress and frustrated goals 90
A human hibernation 93
The power of the group 9 7
References 104
7 Taking stock (the vision quest) 107
Struggling on in spite of failure: the causes of chronic stress 107
Giving up on an unrealistic dream can bring depression 113
to an end
Depressive realism 116
Goal reformulations 119
Social navigation 121
The honeymoon period 121
Enemies of change 124
Summing up 125
References 128
Contents V
8 Beneficial by-products 130
Coping with suffering 130
Empathy and compassion 133
Humility 134
Creative thinking 136
Conclusions on creativity 141
References 142
SECTION 4
Treating depression: new perspectives
9 The loss of depression s adaptive power? 147
10 Should we treat depression? 149
The antidepressant question 149
A quick word on exercise, diet and the horizon 151
The therapist s role from an evolutionary point of view 151
Interdependence 154
Prevention is better than cure 155
Segregating tendencies 158
The media machine 160
Moving forward 161
Combating stigma 161
The final conclusion 163
References 163
Appendix 1 166
Index 167
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Contents
About the author vii
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction ix
Crucial definitions xv
The hypothesis xviii
SECTION 1
Genes, disease and depression: busting myths
Myth 1: We come into the world as a blank slate: 3
how we think and feel is determined only by experience
Myth 2: Evolutionary psychology implies that behaviour 6
is under genetic control
Myth 3: Evolutionary explanations for human psychology 7
have no basis and can not be proved
Myth 4: Depression must be a disease because it is 8
unpleasant and undesirable
Myth 5: Depression can not be regarded as helpful 9
because it causes suicide
Myth 6: Depression makes us more prone to other diseases 14
Some important assumptions about depression 17
References 19
SECTION 2
The war of depression: an ancient human condition or
a modern malaise?
1 Living on a boat 25
References 31
2 Why weepest thou? 32
References 39
iv Contents
3 Is depression universal? 40
The universality of grief - and its relationship to depression 5 3
References 54
4 Depression's place in the animal kingdom 57
The depressed primate 60
Chronic stress and learned helplessness 64
References 67
5 Adaptation or fluff? 69
The imperfect adaptation 69
Depression as genetic fluff 70
Language and thought 72
Personality 75
References 78
SECTION 3
What has depression ever done for us?
6 Putting on the brakes 83
Getting detached 83
Social status 86
Chronic stress and frustrated goals 90
A human hibernation 93
The power of the group 9 7
References 104
7 Taking stock (the vision quest) 107
Struggling on in spite of failure: the causes of chronic stress 107
Giving up on an unrealistic dream can bring depression 113
to an end
Depressive realism 116
Goal reformulations 119
Social navigation 121
The 'honeymoon period' 121
Enemies of change 124
Summing up 125
References 128
Contents V
8 Beneficial by-products 130
Coping with suffering 130
Empathy and compassion 133
Humility 134
Creative thinking 136
Conclusions on creativity 141
References 142
SECTION 4
Treating depression: new perspectives
9 The loss of depression's adaptive power? 147
10 Should we treat depression? 149
The antidepressant question 149
A quick word on exercise, diet and the horizon 151
The therapist's role from an evolutionary point of view 151
Interdependence 154
Prevention is better than cure 155
Segregating tendencies 158
The media machine 160
Moving forward 161
Combating stigma 161
The final conclusion 163
References 163
Appendix 1 166
Index 167 |
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