Vol. 23 (Suppl 4) 2002 Neuro endocrinology letters

Darwinian psychiatry and the concept of mental disorder.

: In this paper, we discuss the concept of mental disorder from the perspective of Darwinian psychiatry. Using this perspective does not resolve all of the quandaries which philosophers of medicine face when trying to provide a general definition of disease. However, it does take an important step toward clarifying why current methods o.....