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Bipolar disorder evolved as an adaptation to severe climate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2006

Julia A. Sherman
Julia A. Sherman*
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shermanja@earthlink.net
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Keller & Miller (K&M) assert that mental disorders could not have evolved as adaptations, but they fail to make their case against the theory of the evolutionary origin of bipolar disorder that I have proposed (Sherman 2001). Such an idea may be unorthodox, but it has considerable explanatory power and heuristic value.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , August 2006, pp. 421 - 422
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006