Good Reasons for Bad Feelings by Randolph M. Nesse

A new approach to mental disorder. Randolph Nesses insightful book suggests that conditions such as anxiety and depression have a clear evolutionary purpose ... This intriguing book turns some ageold questions about the human condition upside down Tim Adams Observer One of the worlds most respected psychiatrists provides a muchneeded new evolutionary framework for making sense of mental illness With his classic book Why We Get Sick Randolph Nesse established the field of evolutionary medicine. Paperback softback