Depression: The Evolution of PowerlessnessRoutledge, 2016 M08 5 - 512 pages Depression: The Evolution of Powerlessness offers a fresh perspective on research, theory and conceptualisations of the depressive disorders, derived from evolution theory and arguing for the adoption of the biopsychosocial model. The book is split into three parts. Part I explores the major distinctions between all types of depression and Part II offers an overview of evolution theory and its application to depression. Part III covers the major theories of depression; theories are compared and contrasted, highlighting controversies, weaknesses and strengths, and where cross fertilisation of ideas may be beneficial. The final chapter outlines why simple theories of aetiology are inadequate and explores the role of culture and social relationships as elicitors of many forms of depression. This Classic Edition, with a new introduction from the author, brings Paul Gilbert's early work to a new audience, and will be of interest to clinicians, researchers and historians in the field of psychology. |
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... changes, whereas depressed people only responded to failures. This fit, of course, with the idea that depression is basically a disturbance of positive affect systems (anhedonia), but it is more than that, because it also linked to the ...
... changes when individuals lose contests or feel defeated; winners and losers respond to contests in quite different ways. There were also data showing differences in various neurotransmitters and stress mechanisms between dominant and ...
... changes, psychological factors, the increased number of patients with chronic medical disorders, and the widespread use of medications that have depressive side effects. While I have great respect for my biological colleagues it is ...
... changes in brain functioning could cause changes in behaviour, emotions, and even personality. Most of this work had come from neurology and the study of brain-damaged patients. Kraepelin was born during the Platonic orientation in ...
... change in state will have an effect on the final expression of such a change (Littlewood, 1990) as well as on how an individual may set about coping with such changes. Cultural constraints on certain kinds of activity (e.g., freedom to ...
Contents
the evolution of mental mechanisms and the needs for power belonging and selfvalue | 99 |
PART III Past and current theories | 225 |
References | 419 |
Author index | 463 |
Subject index | 475 |
Appendices | 480 |