Angst
Origins of Anxiety and Depression
1st Edition
Published on 24. September 2012
311 pages
978-0-19-979652-6 (ISBN)
Description
With so many afflicted by the slings and arrows of outrageous angst, its true origin has remained mysterious. A new theoretical synthesis suggests that while animals share a set of evolved social instincts, we humans experience commonplace Anxiety and Depressive disorders when we use our reason to defy that biology.
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Content
- Cover
- Table of contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Disclaimer
- 1. Lions and Tigers and Bears Are Not Why: Angst Is the Modern Echo of Evolved Social Instincts
- Part One: Six Social Instincts and Five Usual Suspects
- 2. Don't Stray from Family, Home or Safety: Panic Anxiety
- 3. Follow the Leader of the Pack: Social Anxiety
- 4. A Sure and Tidy Nest (Clean, Arrange, Save, and Behave): Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- 5. Go Along to Get Along: Atypical Depression
- 6. Feeling So Useless You Could Die: Melancholic Depression
- 7. Consciousness Lost and Instinct Run Amok: Schizophrenia and Psychosis
- Part Two: Civilization: The Rise of Reason and the Ascent of Angst
- 8. Happy in the Herd: Instinctive Herds and Primeval Ignorance
- 9. Climbing to Civilization: The Rise of Reason and the Ascent of Angst
- 10. Illness and Instinct: Consciousness Has Consequences
- 11. Free to Choose: How to Balance Your Reason and Instinct
- Appendix of Diagnostic Criteria
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- C
- D
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