Darwinian Psychiatry (DRAFT)

McGuire, Michael T.; Troisi, Alfonso

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“…For example, a poor fit between strongly evolved traits (eg dependency) and the current urban social environment may account for the increase in frequency of anxiety and depressive disorders in modern societies. 22 Current views on the evolutionary mismatch theory lack, however, a definition of which brain areas or neuronal circuits should be involved in coding such misevolved traits, and to what extent our neurobiological knowledge can be applied to the topographical localization of a specific psychopathology.…”

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Is there an evolutionary mismatch between the normal physiology of the human dopaminergic system and current environmental conditions in industrialized countries?

Pani

2000

Mol Psychiatry

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A large body of evidence has recently defined a field theory known as 'evolutionary mismatch', which derives its attributes largely from the fact that current environmental conditions are completely different from those in which the human central nervous system evolved. Current views on the evolutionary mismatch theory lack, however, any attempts to define which brain areas or neuronal circuits should be mostly involved in coding such misevolved traits and to what extent our neurobiological knowledge can be applied to the topographical localization of a specific psychopathology. In this respect the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic circuits have long been misconceptualized as simple reward or reinforcement systems. Instead, they motivate and coordinate the functions of the higher brain areas that mediate planning and foresight and direct finalized movement in both animals and humans. These systems make animals intensely interested in exploring the world around them, but by the same means they also make them susceptible to the environmental stimuli that have been sought and consumed. It is has been speculated that the cortical dopamine targets that developed most recently in phylogeny are of particular functional value, and that the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic system is involved in more complex integrative functions than previously assumed. In the present paper I will argue that some mental disorders may have their deep roots in the evolutionary mismatch between the normal physiology of the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic system and the current environmental conditions in affluent societies. Molecular Psychiatry (2000) 5, 467-475.

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Is there an evolutionary mismatch between the normal physiology of the human dopaminergic system and current environmental conditions in industrialized countries?

Pani

2000

Mol Psychiatry

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“…Psychiatry, unlike most other medical Psychiatry, unlike most other medical sciences, has been characterised by concepsciences, has been characterised by conceptual pluralism (McGuire & Troisi, 1998). tual pluralism (McGuire & Troisi, 1998).…”

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“…tual pluralism (McGuire & Troisi, 1998). This has meant that a number of competing This has meant that a number of competing (and occasionally incompatible) paradigms (and occasionally incompatible) paradigms have coexisted within the field.…”

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“…A new discipline of evolutionary psy-A new discipline of evolutionary psychology and psychiatry has been created chology and psychiatry has been created over the past 20 years (Barkow over the past 20 years (Barkow et al et al, , 1992;McGuire & Troisi, 1998). Evolution-1992;McGuire & Troisi, 1998).…”

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“…Evolution-1992;McGuire & Troisi, 1998). Evolutionary science has the potential for subverting ary science has the potential for subverting many assumptions of the current nonmany assumptions of the current nonevolutionary disciplines and of opening evolutionary disciplines and of opening new avenues of research and theoretical new avenues of research and theoretical innovations.…”

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2001

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Previous anthropological studies identified significant interpopulation consistencies in the frequency and symptoms of adult depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. Tests of the degree of variation of such behavioral phenomena across contemporary populations are significant for the study of human evolution because universality or near universality suggests specific evolved aspects of human behavior. The aim of this research was to provide a preliminary test of whether cross-cultural consistencies in symptomatology associated with some psychiatric conditions are observable in children as they are in adults. We tested for interpopulation variation in degrees (intensity and frequency) of anxiety, depression, withdrawal, and somatization symptomatology in normal samples of children. Psychometric ratings scales allowed assessment of characteristic symptomatology of each child in the different contexts of home and school. The study populations comprised 1,208 6-11-year-old children from the Paisa community in Antioquia, Colombia, and African-American, Euro-American, and Hispanic children in the United States. We found interpopulation consistencies in some aspects of child behavioral symptomatology, especially depression and withdrawal. Mean degrees of symptomatology and percentages of children with clinically significant levels of symptomatology were consistent for both across populations, in home and school contexts, and for both girls and boys. Anxiety and somatization displayed more cross-cultural variability in expression. These patterns are in accordance with current understandings of cross-cultural variability and universals of adult psychiatric symptomatology.

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Darwinian Psychiatry (DRAFT)

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Is there an evolutionary mismatch between the normal physiology of the human dopaminergic system and current environmental conditions in industrialized countries?

Is there an evolutionary mismatch between the normal physiology of the human dopaminergic system and current environmental conditions in industrialized countries?

Psychiatry and Darwinism

Population variation in children's behavioral symptomatology

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