Episode 123: Randy Nesse - The Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry
Description
Randy Nesse is a psychiatrist, a professor, and the author of "Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry."
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Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting
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(00:00 ) Intro
(00:40 ) Why low mood exists
(04:23 ) Giving up goals can improve your mental health
(06:48 ) When is it appropriate to give up goals?
(11:50 ) "In what situations was this emotion useful across our evolutionary history?"
(21:51 ) How Randy developed an evolutionary framework
(28:25 ) Examples of working with depression from Randy's career
(36:40 ) Freud, Jung, and mental illness
(49:23 ) Exposure therapy
(54:11 ) Quotes from "Good Reasons for Bad Feelings"
(59:55 ) Partner choice and selfish genes
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