title: Evolutionary narratives about mental disorders.
abstract: There is a growing interest, among psychiatrists and psychologists, in the evolutionary origins of clinical syndromes. Evolutionary explanations are organized around stories that connect syndromal features to environmental adaptations. The stories are based on a 'modular' vision of mind and human nature. This paper considers the credibility of evolutionary narratives intended to explain depression and homosexuality.|spagf|ro|epagf|.
authors.affiliation: a McGill University , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Young