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Dan Riley
Episode 123: Randy Nesse - The Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry
1 hour 3 minutes Posted Oct 4, 2024 at 9:00 am.
Randy Nesse is a psychiatrist, a professor, and the author of "Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry."------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------
Intro
Why low mood exists
Giving up goals can improve your mental health
When is it appropriate to give up goals?
"In what situations was this emotion useful across our evolutionary history?"
How Randy developed an evolutionary framework
Examples of working with depression from Randy's career
Freud, Jung, and mental illness
Exposure therapy
Quotes from "Good Reasons for Bad Feelings"
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Randy Nesse is a psychiatrist, a professor, and the author of "Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry."------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(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