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Threat, safeness, and schizophrenia: Hidden issues in an evolutionary story

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2005

Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert*
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Unit, Kingsway Hospital, DerbyDE22 3LZ, United Kingdom
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Abstract:

There is evidence that people with schizophrenia have difficulties in some (recently evolved) competencies for processing social information. However, a case can be made that vulnerabilities can also lie in (previously evolved) threat and safeness processing systems. Evolutionary models may need to consider interactions between genetic sensitivities, early experiences of threat/safeness, and later cognitive vulnerabilities. Psychological treatments must address issues of experienced threat and safeness before working on more cognitive competencies.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , December 2004 , pp. 858 - 859
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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