Evolutionary Psychopathology

Evolutionary Psychopathology: A Unified Approach establishes an integrative framework for understanding mental disorders through the concepts of life history theory. Marco Del Giudice connects established evolutionary models to address broad patterns of risk and comorbidity across psychiatric conditions.

The volume explores foundational subjects such as human nature, the evolved mind, individual and sex differences, and life history strategies. It applies these concepts to common clinical conditions, including the schizophrenia spectrum, bipolar disorder, and depressive and anxiety disorders.

A central contribution of the book is the introduction of the Fast-Slow-Defense model. This classification system serves as a biologically grounded alternative to transdiagnostic approaches, linking psychiatric disorders directly to normative variations in personality and cognition.