par Kornreich, Charles 
Référence Revue médicale de Bruxelles, 43, 1, page (20-31)
Publication Publié, 2022-01-01
Référence Revue médicale de Bruxelles, 43, 1, page (20-31)
Publication Publié, 2022-01-01
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | The prevalence of mental illness is very high, and it seems that only a few human beings are spared across a lifetime. The unique human faculty of being able to move in an internal world, and to relate to billions of other brains, past and present in a symbolic interpersonal space blurs the frontiers of normalcy. Moreover, the rapid modifications of our environment are responsible for a mismatch phenomenon, our cognitive and cognitive faculties lacking the time to adjust. Evolutionary psychiatry gives us some clues to distinguish between adaptations and pathological conditions. Some mental illnesses, such as depression, may be understood as normal reactions to life events or as possible adaptations to environmental challenges. Other mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, are probably due to neurodevelopmental abnormalities, because of the rapid evolution of our cognitive skills, and of our genome's instability. |
