Mental disorders, evolution, and inclusive fitness

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences 29 (4):419-420 (2006)
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Grouping severe mental disorders into a global category is likely to lead to a “theory of everything” which forcefully explains everything and nothing. Speculation even at the phenotypic level of the single disorder cannot be fruitful, unless specific and testable models are proposed. Inclusive fitness must be incorporated in such models. (Published Online November 9 2006).

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