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Philip Barker & Paul Keedwell
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The Evolutionary Basis of Depression

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"What I am offering is a critical overview of ideas about depression, some new, some old, which fall under the discipline of ‘evolutionary psychology'(EP). Do most types of depression represent an adaptation – an evolved mechanism which has improved our survival and reproductive value in our ancestral environment? Has depression been selected? Coul

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 168 ● ISBN 9781138032781 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2008 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7117269 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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