Psychosis as an Evolutionary Adaptive Mechanism to Changing Environments
Background: From an evolutionary perspective it is remarkable that psychotic disorders, mostly occurring during fertile age and decreasing fecundity, maintain in the human population.Aim: To argue the hypothesis that psychotic symptoms may not be viewed as an illness but as an adaptation phenomenon,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00237/full |