The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 195: 471-472. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.072074
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EDITORIAL

Evolution at 150: time for truly biological psychiatry

Randolph M. Nesse, MD

The University of Michigan, Research Center for Group Dynamics, ISR, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043, USA. Email: nesse{at}umich.edu

Declaration of interest

None

Randolph Nesse is a Professor of Psychiatry and a Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan where he studies evolutionary applications in medicine.

Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was published 150 years ago, but evolution is just now being recognised as the missing half of a truly biological psychiatry. The general framework offered by an evolutionary perspective may be as valuable as its specific applications.


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