Recent epidemiological findings of variable incidence and prevalence pose a problem for
evolutionary genetic analyses of schizophrenia. The author rejects models of psychosis …

Danny Dorling suggests that as old 'social evils' have largely been overcome in affluent
nations, in one of the most unequal of those countries–Britain–they have transformed into …

Schizotypy is commonly conceptualized as a pathological condition. Studies on brain
structure and genetics suggest that schizotypy overlaps with schizophrenia across multiple …

This is a book about an analogous kind of bitterness (dépit), one which shares a number of
philosophical reflexes with the drive that made the old biologists search for the inexplicable …

When it comes to the issue of how to treat persons with prominent schizotypal traits,
therapeutic options are scarce. Despite the finding that one out of ten persons in the general …

The “confusion of tongues”(Ferenczi, 1933) in psychoanalytic jargon has never been more
problematic than when it comes to “dissociation.” Described by the eminent Edward Glover …

Evolutionary psychiatry regards human minds as, to a significant extent, shaped by
processes of natural selection and aims to explain why we are vulnerable to mental …

Psychotherapy and counselling1 happen most commonly between two individuals, in
private. Not only is therapy private when it happens but is also confidential later, so that …

Ethical beliefs, direct personal experiences, and the knowledge we accumulate from
sources such as TV dramas, magazines and social media all shape our ideas about health …

The genetic basis and uniquely human character of schizophrenia has led to the notion of
human brain evolution to have resulted in vulnerability to the disorder. We examined …