title: Psychiatric disorders in the context of evoolutionary biology. An ethological model of behavioral changes associated with psychiatric disorders.
abstract: This paper presents a model designed to account for behavioral changes associated with acute psychiatric illnesses. The model is developed from concepts and data presented in previous work by the authors and others and is strongly influenced by modern evolutionary theory. The model places a strong emphasis on the structural and organizational features of behavior and on testability.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment