Description: Good Reasons for Bad Feelings Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry by Dr. Randolph Nesse MD.A founder of the field of evolutionary medicine uses his decades of experience as a psychiatrist to provide a much-needed new framework for making sense of mental illness. Why do I feel bad? There is real power in understanding our bad feelings. With his classic Why We Get Sick, Dr. Randolph Nesse helped to establish the field of evolutionary medicine. Now he returns with a book that transforms our understanding of mental disorders by exploring a fundamentally new question. Instead of asking why certain people suffer from mental illness, Nesse asks why natural selection has left us all with fragile minds. Drawing on revealing stories from his own clinical practice and insights from evolutionary biology, Nesse shows how negative emotions are useful in certain situations, yet can become overwhelming. Anxiety protects us from harm in the face of danger, but false alarms are inevitable. Low moods prevent us from wasting effort in pursuit of unreachable goals, but they often escalate into pathological depression. Other mental disorders, such as addiction and anorexia, result from the mismatch between modern environment and our ancient human past. And there are good evolutionary reasons for sexual disorders and for why genes for schizophrenia persist. Taken together, these and many more insights help to explain the pervasiveness of human suffering, and show us new paths for relieving it by understanding individuals as individuals.. About Us We are a small business active on EBAY from the early days (since 2000 .... Yup, we are old !). We have come this far by providing exceptional service, top quality GENUINE merchandise. Please take a look at our feedback to see what other delighted customers have to say about us. Buy with confidence ! We assume every book is a gift. So, we do not, by default, include receipts with the items.Shipping - Shipping will be flatrate media mail, to 48 continental US states only. Other states may require extra surcharge. - Books will be shipped securely in a cardboard enclosure. - We upload tracking as soon as items are shipped out. We are not responsible for missing packages after they are indicated as "Delivered" in the Ebay tracking system. - Books are shipped via Media Mail and the delivery date is an estimated one. Actual delivery time may exceed 10 to 15 days in rare cases. Returns - All returns accepted within 30 days for a full refund. - Returned items must be in the same condition that they were listed.
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Location: Brookfield, Wisconsin
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education
Level: Advanced
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Good Reasons for Bad Feelings : Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Subject: Psychopathology / General, Clinical Psychology, Mental Health, Psychiatry / General
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 1.2 in
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Randolph M. Nesse
Subject Area: Psychology, Medical
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
