The evolutionary epidemiology of mania and depression : a theoretical and empirical interpretation of mood disorders /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wilson, Daniel R., 1956-
Imprint:	Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2007.
Description:	v, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Affective disorders -- Genetic aspects. Affective disorders -- Etiology. Mood Disorders -- epidemiology. Biological Evolution. Models, Biological. Mood Disorders -- genetics. Social Behavior. Affective disorders -- Etiology. Affective disorders -- Genetic aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6824380

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Other authors / contributors:	Cory, Gerald A.
ISBN:	9780773452091 0773452095
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-375) and indexes.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The evolution of human sociality
The normal limits of sociality
Normality, psychopathology and beyond
Classical genetics of mania and depression
Population and quantitative genetics of mania and depression
Molecular genetics of mania and depression
Evolutionary epidemiology: the sickle cell anemia paradigm
Evolutionary epidemiology "excess:" prevalence of bipolar disorder
Toward an evolutionary anthropology of bipolar "disorder"
Game theory and bipolar disorder
The basic sociobiology of bipolar neuromentality
Toward an evolutionary epidemiology of the neurotransmission of social rank and alliance
The bipolar spectrum and neuropathologies of talent
Evolutionary epidemiology: a brief review of other neuropsychiatric syndromes and related issues
Conclusion: between optimism and caution.

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