Category Archives: Clinical Psychology

More on “Angst,” a New Book on Evolutionary Psychopathology

A couple months ago, I mentioned a new book of interest to those who like clinical psychology and evolution. It’s called Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression by Jeffrey P. Kahn, M.D., a psychiatrist at Weill Cornell Medical College who … Continue reading

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Consciousness is Painful

For several years now I’ve been putzing around with a dissertation chapter &, subsequently, draft of a paper about the functional delimitations of consciousness. I’m starting to think about it again after a conversation with a philosophy student who had … Continue reading

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A Whole Journal Issue Devoted to Applied Evolutionary Psychology

That’s right…the Journal of Social, Evolutionary, and Cultural Psychology (JSEC for short), in collaboration with the Applied Evolutionary Psychology Society (AEPS for short) has released a special issue entirely devoted to applications of evolutionary psychology, guest-edited by Dan Kruger and … Continue reading

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Evolutionary Clinical Psychology at HBES 2012! (Part 1)

The Human Behavior and Evolution Society held its 24th annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico from June 14th-17th. A staggering amount of knowledge was presented, and if you want to know more about it, see the conference page, program, or Google … Continue reading

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