• Episode 123: Randy Nesse - The Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry

  • Oct 4 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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Episode 123: Randy Nesse - The Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry

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  • 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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    (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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