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Author:
Burns, Jonathan, 1968-
Title:
The descent of madness : evolutionary origins of psychosis and the social brain / Jonathan Burns.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
ix, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Psychoses--Etiology.
Mental illness--Diagnosis
Evolution
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-258) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- A history and pre-history of madness -- Evolutionary principles of the origins of psychosis -- Evolutionary genetics of psychosis -- A social brain for a social world -- The evolution of the social brain -- Schizophrenia and the social brain -- The dysconnectivity hypothesis of schizophrenia -- Evolutionary ontogeny of schizophrenia -- The costly legacy of an evolved social brain.
ISBN:
9781583917435 (pbk.)
1583917438 (pbk.)
158391742X (hardback)
9781583917428 (hardback)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)69391421
LCCN:
2006016382
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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