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Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression
By Kahn, Jeffrey P.
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- 978-0-19979-964-1
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- Oxford University Press
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Reviewed on September 1, 2012 | Psychology
Why does mental illness persist when it would seem to be counterproductive in an evolutionary sense? Kahn (psychiatry, Weill-Cornell Medical Coll.) argues that certain traits that promote group fitness can, in a modern context and if exaggerated, manifest as serious mental illness. Thus panic anxiety stems from the instinct to stay near...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
