Book contents
- Evolutionary Psychiatry
- Reviews
- Evolutionary Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Evolutionary Psychiatry
- Chapter 2 The Biopsychosocial Model Advanced by Evolutionary Theory
- Chapter 3 Hominin Evolution I
- Chapter 4 Hominin Evolution II
- Chapter 5 Hunter-Gatherers, Mismatch and Mental Disorder
- Chapter 6 Why Do Mental Disorders Persist?
- Chapter 7 Anxiety Disorders in Evolutionary Perspective
- Chapter 8 Evolutionary Perspectives on Depression
- Chapter 9 On the Randomness of Suicide
- Chapter 10 Evolutionary Perspectives on Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
- Chapter 11 Evolutionary Perspectives on Eating Disorders
- Chapter 12 Substance Abuse and Evolution
- Chapter 13 The Social Function of Alcohol from an Evolutionary Perspective
- Chapter 14 Evolutionary Perspectives on Childhood Trauma
- Chapter 15 Evolutionary Perspectives on Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Chapter 16 Maternal Negativity and Child Maltreatment
- Chapter 17 Alzheimer’s Disease as a Disease of Evolutionary Mismatch, with a Focus on Reproductive Life History
- Chapter 18 Psychopharmacology and Evolution
- Chapter 19 What the Evolutionary and Cognitive Sciences Offer the Sciences of Crime and Justice
- Chapter 20 Evolutionary Thinking and Clinical Care of Psychiatric Patients
- Index
- References
Chapter 7 - Anxiety Disorders in Evolutionary Perspective
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 September 2022
- Evolutionary Psychiatry
- Reviews
- Evolutionary Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Evolutionary Psychiatry
- Chapter 2 The Biopsychosocial Model Advanced by Evolutionary Theory
- Chapter 3 Hominin Evolution I
- Chapter 4 Hominin Evolution II
- Chapter 5 Hunter-Gatherers, Mismatch and Mental Disorder
- Chapter 6 Why Do Mental Disorders Persist?
- Chapter 7 Anxiety Disorders in Evolutionary Perspective
- Chapter 8 Evolutionary Perspectives on Depression
- Chapter 9 On the Randomness of Suicide
- Chapter 10 Evolutionary Perspectives on Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
- Chapter 11 Evolutionary Perspectives on Eating Disorders
- Chapter 12 Substance Abuse and Evolution
- Chapter 13 The Social Function of Alcohol from an Evolutionary Perspective
- Chapter 14 Evolutionary Perspectives on Childhood Trauma
- Chapter 15 Evolutionary Perspectives on Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Chapter 16 Maternal Negativity and Child Maltreatment
- Chapter 17 Alzheimer’s Disease as a Disease of Evolutionary Mismatch, with a Focus on Reproductive Life History
- Chapter 18 Psychopharmacology and Evolution
- Chapter 19 What the Evolutionary and Cognitive Sciences Offer the Sciences of Crime and Justice
- Chapter 20 Evolutionary Thinking and Clinical Care of Psychiatric Patients
- Index
- References
Summary
Anxiety disorders make sense only in the evolutionary context of the origins and functions of normal anxiety. Anxiety is an adaptation that adjusts diverse aspects of individuals in ways that increase fitness in dangerous situations. Subtypes were partially differentiated by different dangers. Anxiety is not fully differentiated from other aversive emotions, especially low mood. Anxiety disorders result when regulation systems fail. Explaining them requires considering five possible reasons for vulnerability. However, much harmful anxiety arises from normal mechanisms. These insights are valuable in the clinic, and they suggest new research initiatives.
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- Evolutionary PsychiatryCurrent Perspectives on Evolution and Mental Health, pp. 101 - 116Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022