Introducing Evolutionary Psychiatry | Riadh Abed | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #2
Riadh Abed introduces the field of evolutionary psychiatry. He makes the case for evolution being the basic science which should guide mental health research and talks about a couple of key concepts which evolutionary psychiatrists think about which are missing from current mainstream psychiatry.
This episode is based on chapter 1, titled 'Introducing Evolutionary Psychiatry' of the book 'Evolutionary Psychiatry: Current Perspectives on Evolution and Mental Health", published by Cambridge University Press, edited by Riadh Abed and Paul St John Smith.
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