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. 2019 Jan:42:e18.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18001097.

Getting to the bottom of things: The value of evolutionary approaches in discerning the origin of psychopathology

O Jiaqing  1 , Martin Brüne  2
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Getting to the bottom of things: The value of evolutionary approaches in discerning the origin of psychopathology

O Jiaqing et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

The network approach as a novel way of understanding psychopathology has helped address some of the existing issues associated with traditional biological interpretations. Nonetheless, it has similarly failed in explaining the fundamental etiology of mental conditions - a persistent conundrum that arguably could be adequately addressed only by evolutionary formulations, specifically evolutionary mismatch and life history theories.

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