Prestige and bipolarity

Autor: Denis O'Loughlin, James Le Bas, Richard Newton, David J. Castle
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. 21(5)
ISSN: 1440-1665
Popis: Objective: To explore aspects of prestige in the bipolar disorders. Conclusions: Conceptualisation around bipolar spectrum disorders is in its infancy, in particular with relation to their neurobiological and evolutionary underpinnings. While research has privileged proximate causation, a separate, nascent dialogue in relation to the ‘aboutness’ of affective syndromes exists. Arguably, affective disorders can be considered in relation to the social group phenomena of self-esteem and prestige. A conceptualisation of Panksepp’s PLAY and Thayer’s energetic arousal systems combined- Hedonic Energetic Social Engagement- can be invoked as a mechanism for bipolarity. This has been acted upon by prestige competition to create a selection pressure for prestige. In this model, bipolar spectrum conditions evolved as a by-product of this process.
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