Randolph M. Nesse
Good Reasons for Bad Feelings : Insights from the Frontier of...
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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, ObserverOne of the worlds most respected psychiatrists provides a muchneeded new evolutionary framework for making sense of mental illnessWith his classic book Why We Get Sick, Randolph Nesse established the field of evolutionary medicine. Now he returns with a book that transforms our understanding of mental disorders by exploring a fundamentally new question. Instead of asking why certain people suffer from mental illness, Nesse asks why natural selection has left us with fragile minds at all.Drawing on revealing stories from his own clinical practice and insights from evolutionary biology, Nesse shows how negative emotions are useful in certain situations, yet can become excessive. Anxiety protects us from harm in the face of danger, but false alarms are inevitable. Low mood prevents us from wasting effort in pursuit of unreachable goals, but it often escalates into pathological depression. Other mental disorders, such as addiction and anorexia, result from the mismatch between modern environments and our ancient human past. Taken together, these insights and many more help to explain the pervasiveness of human suffering, and show us new paths for relieving it.Good Reasons for Bad Feelings will fascinate anyone who...
Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: JMP; Weight: 404 g; Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 22
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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, ObserverOne of the worlds most respected psychiatrists provides a muchneeded new evolutionary framework for making sense of mental illnessWith his classic book Why We Get Sick, Randolph Nesse established the field of evolutionary medicine. Now he returns with a book that transforms our understanding of mental disorders by exploring a fundamentally new question. Instead of asking why certain people suffer from mental illness, Nesse asks why natural selection has left us with fragile minds at all.Drawing on revealing stories from his own clinical practice and insights from evolutionary biology, Nesse shows how negative emotions are useful in certain situations, yet can become excessive. Anxiety protects us from harm in the face of danger, but false alarms are inevitable. Low mood prevents us from wasting effort in pursuit of unreachable goals, but it often escalates into pathological depression. Other mental disorders, such as addiction and anorexia, result from the mismatch between modern environments and our ancient human past. Taken together, these insights and many more help to explain the pervasiveness of human suffering, and show us new paths for relieving it.Good Reasons for Bad Feelings will fascinate anyone who...
Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: JMP; Weight: 404 g; Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 22
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Randolph M. Nesse
Good Reasons for Bad Feelings : Insights from the Frontier of...
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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