Episode 123: Randy Nesse - The Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry

Randy Nesse is a psychiatrist, a professor, and the author of "Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry."

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(00:00) Intro

(00:40) Why low mood exists

(04:23) Giving up goals can improve your mental health

(06:48) When is it appropriate to give up goals?

(11:50) "In what situations was this emotion useful across our evolutionary history?"

(21:51) How Randy developed an evolutionary framework

(28:25) Examples of working with depression from Randy's career

(36:40) Freud, Jung, and mental illness

(49:23) Exposure therapy

(54:11) Quotes from "Good Reasons for Bad Feelings"

(59:55) Partner choice and selfish genes

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