Title: The depths : the evolutionary origins of the depression epidemic /
Authors: Rottenberg, Jonathan.
Year: 2014
Subjects: Depression, Mental; Depression, Mental Treatment; Mood (Psychology); Psychobiology.; Evolutionary psychology.; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Illness.; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions.; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution.; SELF-HELP / Mood Disorders.; Depressive Disorder etiology; Biological Evolution; Depressive Disorder therapy
Abstract: 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.
Contents: 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.