The depths : the evolutionary origins of the depression epidemic

Summary: A sweeping new theory about depression argues that effective treatments have been limited by a misperception that the disorder occurs because of psychological or chemical defects, posing the theory that depression is actually caused by severe, evolutionary-based expressions of natural emotions that can be better addressed through alternate treatments.

Record details

ISBN: 9780465022212
ISBN: 0465022219
ISBN: 9780465069736
ISBN: 0465069738
Physical Description: print
x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Why we need a new approach to depression -- Where the depths begin -- What other species tell us about depression -- The bell tolls: death as a universal trigger -- The seedbed of low mood -- The slide -- The black hole: the psychobiology of deep depression -- An up and down thing: improvement in depression -- In limbo -- The glory of recovery.