Evolving Psychiatry
Evolutionary psychiatry offers evolutionary explanations for the range of mental health conditions identified by psychiatry today. The Evolving Psychiatry podcast provides interviews, insights and an introduction to evolutionary psychiatry, with guest appearances from leading academics and psychiatrists.
Episodes
Skeptic of Psychiatric Diagnoses | Sami Timimi | Evolving Psychiatry #61
Are mental disorders such as ADHD 'real'? Should we be using medication? Sami Timimi comes from a 'critical psychiatry' perspective which questions these fundamental assumptions in psychiatry.Dr Sami Timimi is a retired consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author. A Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, he has been one of the UK’s most prominen
Evolution in Therapy and Society | Daniel Glass & Niruban Balachandran | Evolving Psychiatry #60
Working out the evolved structure of the mind will have implications across therapy and society. Which directions are most promising? Daniel J. Glass, PhD, is a board-certified clinical psychologist whose clinical work focuses on anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and evidence-based psychotherapies, including cognitive behavioural therapy, exposure-based approaches, and acceptance-ba
How to Become An Evolutionary Psychiatrist | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry #59
What paths to becoming an evolutionary psychiatrist exist? How could anyone train in this field? In this episode, Liam Callico interviews Adam Hunt on his history and the pathways into and forward for the field.Adam Hunt, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher at the Evolution, Mental Health and Behaviour lab at the University of Cambridge. He is also Founding Chair of the Foundation for Evolution and
Sport's Appeal | Matt Butler & Henry O'Connell | Evolving Psychiatry #58
Sport, and particularly football, captures billions of people's support. Why are our psychologies so captivated by these games? And could they even be used for improving mental health?The guests today are co-authors on the paper "The people’s game: evolutionary perspectives on the behavioural neuroscience of football fandom".Henry O’Connell is a returning guest: he is a consultant ps
Engineering Needed Newton, Psychiatry Needs Darwin | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry #57
Cathedrals and bridges could be built before physics was developed, but the limits of engineering eventually hit a wall. This episode considers how the science of physics eventually informed engineering, and the comparison to how evolution could inform psychiatry.Adam Hunt, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher at the Evolution, Mental Health and Behaviour lab at the University of Cambridge. He is als
Clinical Personality Psychology | Simone Cheli | Evolving Psychiatry #56
How do clinical psychologists think differently once taking an evolutionary view? How can the evolutionary sciences help in understanding the problems people seek help from therapists for?Simone Cheli, PsyD, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist based in Florence, Italy. He is the founding president of Tages Onlus, a Florence-based clinical, research, and training centre he establish
Overdiagnosis and AI Therapists | Allen Frances | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #55
Mental disorder diagnosis has increased rapidly in recent decades, and now with the introduction of AI, possibilities for treatment are changing. Where will AI assistants fit into psychiatry and clinical psychology? Allen Frances, born 1942 in New York City, is Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine. He trained at Columbia (BA), SUNY Downstate (MD), the
Problems with Brains(cience) | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast Episode #54
Neuroscience is the flagship science of psychiatry, but hasn't led to the advances expected from it. In this episode, Adam discusses difficulties with neuroscience and possibilities for switching to a paradigm that can actually make progress.Dr Adam Hunt is a researcher in the emerging field of evolutionary psychiatry at the Leverhulme Center for Human Evolutionary Studies at the University of
'Just a theory'? | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast Episode #53
Evolutionary theories are indeed... theories. But are they 'just' theories, in the derogatory sense? Or are they something more... In this episode Adam discusses this question.Dr Adam Hunt is a researcher in the emerging field of evolutionary psychiatry at the Leverhulme Center for Human Evolutionary Studies at the University of Cambridge. Since 2019 he has served on the executive committe
What IS Depression? | Daniel Nettle | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #52
What different explanatory frameworks can make sense of depression? And what are their respective impacts?Daniel Nettle is a behavioural scientist whose work bridges psychology, evolution, and public health. He a researcher in the Evolution and Social Cognition team at the Institut Jean Nicod, Paris as well as a Professor at Northumbria University. Much of his most recent research has examined how
Reconsidering ADHD | Annie Swanepoel | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #51
Evolutionary perspectives on ADHD are often talked about: Annie Swanepoel shares how they affect her practice as a psychiatrist, and what evolutionary perspectives in general mean for the field.Dr Annie Swanepoel is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in North East London NHS Foundation Trust and holds a PhD in Human Physiology. She has played a longstanding role in the evolutionary psychiatry spe
Depression's Function: Disengaging | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #50
Why do we get depressed? Is depression really functional? In this episode, Adam discusses an overarching hypothesis which captures many existing evolutionary hypotheses: that depression's original function is to disengage us from life.Dr Adam Hunt is a researcher in the emerging field of evolutionary psychiatry at the Leverhulme Center for Human Evolutionary Studies at the University of Cambri
Most Depression is Not a Disorder | James Turner | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #49
Why does low mood, and at extreme, depression, exist? What is its function? James Turner is a postdoctoral researcher at Umeå University. He completed his PhD in Philosophy in 2024 at the University of Sheffield; the title of his thesis was : Low mood: Evolution, Cognition and Disorder.He has a general research interest in cognitive science, evolutionary theory, and the philosophy of psychiatry. I
Evolutionary Explanations' Impact | Tom Carpenter | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #48
New results show that clinicians respond positively to evolutionary explanations of anxiety. In this episode, Adam and Tom discuss some of the findings of their study "Clinicians' attitudes to evolutionary and genetic explanations for anxiety: a cluster-randomised study of stigmatisation". It is available to read here: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/4kwrb_v2Tom Carpenter is a psychiatrist regis
Modern Dating and Negative Thinking | Leif Kennair | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #47
Why dating apps can't last; defeating negative thinking; and exposure to sensible risk.Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair is a Clinical Psychologist and a Professor of Personality Psychology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He is Editor-in-Chief of the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology and was the Head of the Department of Psychology at NTNU. Kennair is an elected member of
The History of The Field (and Prof. Nesse) | Randolph Nesse | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #46
A special episode on how evolutionary psychiatry and medicine came to be. Randolph Nesse, father of the field, gives an overview of his background, what it was like having to try and build a field before the internet, and the people who helped him along the way...Dr. Randolph “Randy” Nesse is a physician-scientist who helped launch the field of evolutionary medicine, showing how asking why our bod
Deciding between hypotheses | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #45
Stories abound in evolutionary psychology and psychiatry. How do we test them? In this third and final episode in this special series, Adam Hunt presents a way to standardise evolutionary hypothesis testing to make it more rigorous, reliable and systematic.The article is available, open access, here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/brv.70010A summary blog post can be found here: h
Hunting for function behind disorder (Part 2) | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #44
Trying to explain disorders as functional is tempting, but often misses a critical point: sometimes it is not the disorder itself which is functional, but it is occurring as a by-product of a different adaptive system. In this second part of this special three part series, Adam Hunt explains this common confusion and the steps we can take to solve it.The article which this episode is based on is a
An impossible science? (Part 1) | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #43
Evolution has already happened, and we don't have a time machine: how can we test hypotheses about that process? This is a criticism raised since Darwin's time. In this special three part series, Adam Hunt presents his article which aims to make progress on this scientific methodology by providing an improved framework for evolutionary inference. This episode kicks off by giving the histor
Tech and Mental Health | Tanay Katiyar | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #42
Social media is bad for mental health right? Well... it's more complicated than that. In this episode, we discuss the ways in which novel digital technologies can also improve mental health, and how an evolutionary perspective on tech helps illuminate its dual effects of harming and healing.Tanay Katiyar is a PhD student, co-supervised by Amy Orben and Nikhil Chaudhary, at the MRC Cognition an
For the Good of the Group? | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #41
Did mental disorders evolve to provide benefits to the community around us? Well, maybe, but these sorts of explanations could be criticised as naive 'group selection'. In this episode Adam goes into the nuance of understanding how evolution actually works in this common area of debate.Dr Adam Hunt is a researcher in the emerging field of evolutionary psychiatry at the Leverhulme Center fo
Autism, Evolution, Neurodiversity | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #40
Why did the human species evolve autism? What about different forms of autism? How does an evolutionary perspective align with the neurodiversity movement?
Dr Adam Hunt is a researcher in the emerging field of evolutionary psychiatry at the Leverhulme Center for Human Evolutionary Studies at the University of Cambridge. Since 2019 he has served on the executive committee of the Evolutionary Psych
Personality and Psychopathology | Marco Del Giudice | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #39
Why do autism and schizophrenia exist? What are 'fast and slow' life history strategies? What are controversies and opportunities facing the field of evolutionary psychiatry? In this episode, we go deep with Marco Del Giudice...
Dr. Marco Del Giudice is an Associate Professor in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Trieste, Italy. His interdisciplinary research sits at the
Understanding Support Networks | Alessandra Cassar | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #38
Humans rely on each other. Mothers, in particular, need help raising children. In this episode we discuss Professor Alessandra Cassar's work seeking to understand how maternal depression relates to gaining social support. We also touch on where evolutionary perspectives may be useful in structuring society more widely.
Alessandra Cassar is a professor of economics at the University of San Francis
Susceptibility to Substance Addiction | Tom Carpenter | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #37
Why have humans evolved tendencies for substance addiction? In this episode, Adam and Tom discuss the evolutionary explanations for these vulnerabilities. The discussion is based on their paper "Evolutionary perspectives on substance and behavioural addictions: Distinct and shared pathways to understanding, prediction and prevention".
Dr Tom Carpenter is a resident doctor in Psychiatry based in N
Evolved Behavioural Addictions | Giuseppe Pierpaolo Merola | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #36
Social media, video games, gambling... why are some activities so rewarding that we become addicted? In this episode, we discuss the reason humans are susceptible to 'behavioural addictions', referencing our shared paper 'Evolutionary perspectives on substance and behavioural addictions: Distinct and shared pathways to understanding, prediction and prevention'.
Dr. Giuseppe Pierpaolo Merola is an
Why Depression Exists | Ed Hagen | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #35
Depression is often linked to adversity: why would it reliably appear in such conditions? Ed Hagen has spent over forty years wondering about this question, and is one of the world's foremost researchers on evolutionary approaches to depression. We discuss depression in this interview.
Ed Hagen is a Pofessor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Washington State University. Professor Hagen began his a
Evolutionary Storytelling | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #34
The past is invisible - how are we supposed to know the truth behind our evolutionary history? In this episode, Adam Hunt discusses the complexity of the reality behind our evolution, and the limits of science in telling these stories.
Dr Adam Hunt is a postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge. He received his PhD in evolutionary biology and philosophy from the University of Zurich i
Mental Health in the Jungle | Camila Scaff | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #33
In the Amazon rainforest, how would mental illness manifest? What is life in non-industrialised societies like? Camila Scaff discusses social life, loneliness, and her journey investigating mental health and disorder amongst the Tsimane of the Bolivian Amazon.
Dr. Camila Scaff earned her PhD in Cognitive Sciences from the École Normale Supérieure - Paris Diderot University (now Université Paris C
Combat Stress and PTSD | Matt Zefferman | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #32
Why does severe trauma lead to PTSD? This episode considers work on combat stress and PTSD symptoms in Turkana warriors of North West Kenya, and how it relates to evolutionary explanations of PTSD symptoms.
Matt Zefferman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
He uses mathematical models and ethnographic field resea
Depression as a Functional Signal | Hans Schroder | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #31
Evolutionary explanations of depression could change how we perceive the condition, and how depressed people perceive themselves. In this episode, clinical psychologist Hans Schroder discusses his experiences and research in providing functional explanations of depression to patients.
Hans Schroder is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the
University of Michigan (U-M) Medical School
Reframing Madness | Justin Garson | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #30
Justin Garson is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and a contributor for PsychologyToday.com and Aeon. He writes on the philosophy of madness, evolution of the mind, and purpose in nature.
In this episode we discuss scientific concepts of dysfunction, the role of the paradigms framing psychiatry, and the possible benefits of evolutiona
Schizophrenia and Shamanism | Joe Polimeni | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #29
Joe Polimeni is a Canadian general psychiatrist and Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba who has conducted research in neuroscience, psychopharmacology and evolutionary psychiatry. His book, Shamans Among Us, outlines his hypothesis regarding the evolution of schizophrenia, which is the topic of this episode.
You can purchase the book here: https://josephpolimeni.com/purchase.html
Normal or Not? | Jerome Wakefield | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #28
Jerome Wakefield is a professor of social work in the Silver School of Social Work at New York University. Much of his work is in the history and philosophy of psychiatry. He is renowned in evolutionary psychiatry for his "harmful dysfunction" analysis of mental illness.
We discuss our evolved human nature and how we can designate 'disorder' given our understanding of biological
A Psychiatrist's Role | Tom Carpenter | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #27
Tom Carpenter is a trainee psychiatrist in the West of Scotland. He is the trainee representative on the executive committee of the Evolutionary Psychiatry Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
In this episode, we discuss Tom's intellectual history, the place of psychiatry in society and how we judge people, and how evolutionary thinking may affect psychiatry going forw
Entering Evolutionary Psychiatry | Gurjot Brar | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #26
Gurjot Brar is a trainee psychiatrist in Ireland. He runs the 'Evolution and Psychiatry' substack, a monthly collaborative 'journal' dedicated to discussing and exploring how evolutionary science can inform our understanding of psychiatry.
In this episode we discuss how Gurjot got introduced to evolutionary psychiatry and the major points he finds exciting about the field.
You can
Evolutionary Education and Impact | Henry O'Connell | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #25
Professor Henry O’Connell is a Consultant Psychiatrist working in Portlaoise, Ireland and Associate Clinical Professor with the School of Medicine at the University of Limerick. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin in 1997, he obtained his Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2001. He holds Masters and doctorate level postgraduate qualifications in medical education and delirium re
Costly Conflict | Kristen Syme | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #24
Kristen Syme is an Assistant Professor of Suicide and Suicide Prevention at Leiden University. She is an evolutionary anthropologist who works on understanding suicidal and self harm behavior from an evolutionary perspective, and works with the Chon Chuuk of Micronesia and the USA.
In this episode Kristen and Adam discuss cases of adolescent-parent conflict, the outcomes and evolutionary models
Suffering's Signal | Kristen Syme | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #23
Kristen Syme is an Assistant Professor of Suicide and Suicide Prevention at Leiden University. She is an evolutionary anthropologist who works on understanding suicidal and self harm behavior from an evolutionary perspective, and works with the Chon Chuuk of Micronesia and the USA.
In this episode Kristen and Adam discuss the bargaining model of suicidal behavior and depression, especially regard
What is Disease? | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #22 (Season 2)
Season 2 of the Evolving Psychiatry Podcast begins with a brief comment on what's to come in the season, as Adam interviews psychiatrists and researchers who work in evolutionary psychiatry. Adam then discuss a fundamental theoretical advantage of evolutionary psychiatry and medicine, which is its ability to define health and disorder objectively.
Adam Hunt is a PhD student researching evolut
Evolutionary Clinical Care | Alfonso Troisi | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #21
Alfonso Troisi discusses how an evolutionary perspective should inform our measurement of clinical outcomes, the potential of evolutionary thinking to advance care, and his experience treating patients as an evolutionary psychiatrist.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Evolutionary Thinking and Clinical Care of Psychiatric Patients', authored by Alfonso Troisi. It is chapter 20 in th
Evolution and Crime | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #20
Adam Hunt considers how evolutionary thinking helps us understand criminal behaviour, circumstances leading to crime, blameworthiness and the chance to improve social outcomes.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'What the Evolutionary and Cognitive Sciences Offer the Sciences of Crime and Justice' authored by Brian B. Boutwell, Megan Suprenant and Todd K. Shackelford. It is chapter 19
Schizophrenia and Evolution | Martin Brüne | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #19
Martin Brüne talks through the paradox of why schizophrenia persists, how his view on its persistence has changed over the decades, and how an evolutionary approach informs us regarding treatment and prevention.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Evolutionary Perspectives on Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders' authored by Martin Brüne. It is chapter 10 in the book 'Evolutionary Psychiatry: C
Psychopharmacology and Evolution | Paul St-John Smith | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #18
Paul St-John Smith gives an evolutionary psychiatrist's perspective on using pharmaceuticals in treatment, thinks about the limits of rating scales and the usefulness of animal models, and how evolution adds necessary depth to the task of healing in psychiatry.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Psychopharmacology and Evolution', authored by Paul St John-Smith, Riadh Abed and Martin
Evolution and Alzheimer's | Molly Fox | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #17
Molly Fox gives an insight into why evolution has left us vulnerable to Alzheimer's, what odd aspects of modern life may lead to increased rates of Alzheimer's, and how female reproductive health are a particularly important consideration.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Alzheimer’s Disease as a Disease of Evolutionary Mismatch, with a Focus on Reproductive Life History' authored
Child Maltreatment in Evolution | Daniela Sieff | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #16
Daniela Sieff talks about the difficulties and differences of rearing children in hunter gatherer societies and how child maltreatment can follow. She considers what this means for understanding, prevention and social intervention in the modern world.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Maternal Negativity and Child Maltreatment: How Evolutionary Perspectives Contribute to a Layered a
Evolution, Autism and ADHD | Annie Swanepoel | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #15
Annie Swanepoel discusses why ADHD and autism may be unusually problematic in the modern world, the evolutionary reasons for them, and how an evolutionary perspective has affected her treatment of children and families with these conditions.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Evolutionary Perspectives on Neurodevelopmental Disorders', authored by Annie Swanepoel, Michael J. Reiss, Jo
Childhood Trauma and Evolution | Annie Swanepoel | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #14
Annie Swanepoel discusses trauma and its effects through an evolutionary lens: when trauma is a useful signal, why it is exasperated in certain modern situations and what this means for understanding, treating and preventing trauma.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Evolutionary Perspectives on Childhood Trauma', authored by Annie Swanepoel, Michael J. Reiss, John Launer, Graham Mu
Alcohol and Evolution | Robin Dunbar | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #13
Robin Dunbar discusses alcohol, its history with humans and primates, why it's so useful for bonding, and how novel circumstances have pushed it into being a drug of abuse.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'The Social Function of Alcohol from an Evolutionary Perspective', authored by Robin Dunbar. It is chapter 13 in the book 'Evolutionary Psychiatry: Current Perspectives on Evoluti
Substance Abuse and Evolution | Paul St-John Smith | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #12
Paul St-John Smith talks about substance abuse, the propensity for humans to seek out substances, and how an evolutionary perspective can help us understand substance use and abuse.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Substance Abuse and Evolution' by Paul St John-Smith and Riadh Abed. It is chapter 11 in the book 'Evolutionary Psychiatry: Current Perspectives on Evolution and Mental
Evolutionary Perspectives on Eating Disorders | Riadh Abed | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #11
Riadh Abed discusses eating disorders, the various evolutionary pressures which may lie behind tendencies towards them, and mismatches in modern environments which encourage them.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Evolutionary Perspectives on Eating Disorders', authored by Riadh Abed and Agnes Ayton. It is chapter 11 in the book 'Evolutionary Psychiatry: Current Perspectives on Evolution
Suicide and its Unpredictability | Matthew Large | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #10
Matthew Large tackles the difficulty of predicting suicide, the reasons evolution couldn't solve the problem of suicide, and what this means in psychiatric practice.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'On the Randomness of Suicide: An Evolutionary, Clinical Call to Transcend Suicide Risk Assessment', authored by Cas Soper, Pablo Ocejo and Matthew Large. It is chapter 9 in the book 'Evolutio
The Evolution of Depression | Severi Luoto | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #9
Severi Luoto considers depression, its various forms and causes, and how we can subtype and understand them from an evolutionary perspective. He finishes on future connotations for prevention and treatment.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Evolutionary Perspectives on Depression' authored by Markus J. Rantala and Severi Luoto. It is chapter 8 in the book 'Evolutionary Psychiatry: Current
The Evolution of Anxiety | Randolph Nesse | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #8
Randolph Nesse's second interview covers anxiety of all kinds; why are humans so vulnerable to it, where it is helpful and harmful, and his experience treating patients with anxiety whilst informed by an evolutionary perspective.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Anxiety Disorders in Evolutionary Perspective', authored by Randolph Nesse. It is chapter 7 in the book 'Evolutionary Ps
Why do Mental Disorders Persist? | Randolph Nesse | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #7
Randolph Nesse considers why humans are so vulnerable to mental disorders of all kinds. Evolution hasn't shaped us to be happy, or healthy, and there are all sorts of reasons why our minds veer into the states we call disorder. He also notes the usefulness of this perspective for clinicians and patients.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Why Do Mental Disorders Persist? Evolutionary Found
Hunter Gatherer Life | Nikhil Chaudhary | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #6
Nikhil Chaudhary talks about hunter-gatherer life and aspects of ancestral and modern human societies which may differ and lead to mental disorder; and what lessons we may take away for prevention and intervention.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Hunter Gatherers, Mismatch and Mental Disorder', authored by Nikhil Chaudhary and Deniz Gul Salali. It is chapter 5 in the book 'Evolutionary
Humanity: Special | Derek Tracy | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #5
Derek Tracy gives his second interview on hominin evolution, covering the aspects of homo sapiens which may have made us special in comparison to other human lineages, the evolutionary pressures which were most important, and how thinking about our evolutionary history helps him as a clinician.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Hominin evolution II: Sapiens, Masters of the Known Uni
Humanity: Complicated | Derek Tracy | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #4
Derek Tracy gives his first interview on hominin evolution, covering the variety of human species which cohabited Earth over the past few hundred thousand years, why homo and homo sapiens may be special, and the complexity of human evolution we are just uncovering.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'Hominin evolution I: the origins of Homo sapiens', authored by Derek Tracy. It is chapter 3
Evolutionary-Biopsychosocial Psychiatry | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #3
Adam talks about the biopsychosocial model of medicine and how evolutionary psychiatry offers to improve upon it. Evolutionary approaches can inform the biological, psychological and social approaches to mental health, and bring together disparate areas of research under an overarching theory.
This episode is based on a chapter titled 'The Biopsychosocial Model Advanced by Evolutionary Theory', au
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 'Evolutio
Why Evolutionary Psychiatry? | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #1
Adam begins the Evolving Psychiatry podcast by introducing some key concepts from evolutionary psychiatry, talking a bit about the sorts of disorders which evolutionary psychiatry concerns itself with, and generally making the case for evolutionary psychiatry as a suitable new paradigm for psychiatry.
Following this episode, there will be a series of twenty episodes on various topics in evolutiona
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