For Mental Health Month, I intended a linear progression through history. I began with the Dawn of Man, and it seems I’m still stuck there. Who knows? I may never get past 700,000 BC.
The reason speculation about our ancient ancestors is so important is that it forces us to think differently about mental illness. According to evolutionary biologist Randolph Nesse MD of the University of Michigan: "Psychiatrists still act as if all anxiety, sadness, and jealousy is abnormal and they don't yet...
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