Evolving Psychiatry

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. The book is available for purchase here via CUP or on Amazon. You can follow Adam Hunt on Twitter @RealAdamHunt or Riadh Abed @RiadhAbed1

The podcast discusses key concepts of evolutionary psychiatry, focusing on mental health disorders, the mismatch between modern society and our ancestral past, societal perceptions towards homosexuality, evolution of emotions, and the influence of social environments on mental health.