The Evolution of Psychotherapy: Applying Evolutionary Theory to Mental Health Care

This book shows how evolutionary theory can be applied in psychotherapy and mental health care.The theory of evolution and its applications in psychology and psychopathology have increasingly informed and shaped mental health sciences.While there are important publications devoted to an evolutionary perspective on psychopathology and psychiatry, surprisingly, there is a paucity of research and books on psychotherapy.This volume intends to fill this gap by showing how evolution-derived concepts can be applied in clinical psychotherapy. Recent advances in mental health care have highlighted the need to reform approaches to conceptualise and treat mental disorders.The ongoing debate about conceptual issues in psychopathology and psychiatry, which is partly reflected in expert discussions preceding the publication of the latest editions of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), has emphasised some of the shortcomi