title: Evolutionary psychiatry: a new College special interest group.
abstract: Evolutionary science remains an overlooked area in psychiatry and medicine. The newly established Royal College of Psychiatrists' Evolutionary Psychiatry Special Interest Group aims to reverse this trend by raising the profile of evolutionary thinking among College members and others further afield. Here we provide a brief outline of the importance of the evolutionary approach to both the theory and practice of psychiatry and for future research.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Tribunal Service, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: Riadh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abed
authors.affiliation: Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: St John-Smith