What IS Depression? | Daniel Nettle | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #52

Stories matter. Sharing insights into our personal experiences can help shift attitudes, particularly when it comes to mental health and disorder. This episode, Adam asks the audience to contribute th...

14 Feb 22min

Neuroscience is the flagship science of psychiatry, but hasn't led to the advances expected from it. In this episode, Adam discusses difficulties with neuroscience and possibilities for switching to a...

6 Feb 55min

Evolutionary theories are indeed... theories. But are they 'just' theories, in the derogatory sense? Or are they something more... In this episode Adam discusses this question.Dr Adam Hunt is a resear...

30 Jan 27min

Evolutionary perspectives on ADHD are often talked about: Annie Swanepoel shares how they affect her practice as a psychiatrist, and what evolutionary perspectives in general mean for the field.Dr Ann...

5 Okt 202535min

Why do we get depressed? Is depression really functional? In this episode, Adam discusses an overarching hypothesis which captures many existing evolutionary hypotheses: that depression's original fun...

25 Sep 202528min

Why does low mood, and at extreme, depression, exist? What is its function? James Turner is a postdoctoral researcher at Umeå University. He completed his PhD in Philosophy in 2024 at the University o...

17 Sep 20251h 14min

New results show that clinicians respond positively to evolutionary explanations of anxiety. In this episode, Adam and Tom discuss some of the findings of their study "Clinicians' attitudes to evoluti...

10 Sep 202547min