title: Evolutionary psychiatry and depression: testing two hypotheses.
abstract: In the last few decades, there has been a genuine 'adaptive turn' in psychiatry, resulting in evolutionary accounts for an increasing number of psychopathologies. In this paper, I explore the advantages and problems with the two main evolutionary approaches to depression, namely the mismatch and persistence accounts. I will argue that while both evolutionary theories of depression might provide some helpful perspectives, the accounts also harbor significant flaws that might question their authority and usefulness as explanations.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Albrechtstraße 28, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany. varga@hum.ku.dk
authors.forename: Somogy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varga
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001689:Biological Psychiatry; D003071:Cognition; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior