EPSIG UK
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This is the official YouTube channel for the Evolutionary Psychiatry Special Interest Group (EPSIG) of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) in London. EPSIG is the world's leading organisation promoting the study and research of evolutionary psychiatry. Evolutionary psychiatry uses concepts from evolutionary biology to explain the widespread vulnerability of human beings to various forms of mental disorders. For an open access article introducing the basic concepts of hopes evolutionary psychiatry for general audience, see: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-evolution-of-psychiatry/ All interested international professionals and students can become members of EPSIG, for free, via the EPSIG website: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/special-interest-groups/evolutionary-psychiatry/about-us Find upcoming events, an archive of newsletters and information on EPSIG on the website: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/special-interest-groups/evolutionary-psychiatry/
The Nature of Nurture | Jay Belsky
EPSIG UK · 205 views · 1 month ago
Bipolar Disorder: An Evolutionary, Metabolic and Circadian Perspective | Iain Campbell
EPSIG UK · 321 views · 3 months ago
'Most Depression is a Functional Signal' Debate | FEMH Debate Day 2025
EPSIG UK · 262 views · 7 months ago
What clinicians can learn from Evolutionary Psychiatry: Prof. Alfonso Troisi
EPSIG UK · 2.3K views · 8 years ago
'The Future of Evolutionary Psychiatry is in Theory and Explanation, Not Clinical Application'
EPSIG UK · 324 views · 7 months ago
Autism: An evolutionary perspective, Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, 1st Symposium of EPSIG, 2016
EPSIG UK · 488K views · 9 years ago
Evolutionary Psychiatry: Relevant & Useful for Trainees — Gurjot Brar
EPSIG UK · 215 views · 8 months ago
Surviving at the cost of suffering: The mixed blessings or our evolved neuroplastic brains
EPSIG UK · 2.5K views · 7 years ago
The Case for including Evolutionary Science into the MRCPsych Curriculum, Dr. Agnes Ayton, EPSIG
EPSIG UK · 13K views · 9 years ago
The Evolution of the Social Mind, Prof Robin Dunbar, 1st Symposium of EPSIG, 2016
EPSIG UK · 7.7K views · 9 years ago
Introduction to the 3rd Internatonal Symposium of EPSIG
EPSIG UK · 379 views · 7 years ago
Introducing the WPA Section of Evolutionary Psychiatry and Webinar Series
EPSIG UK · 297 views · 4 years ago
Welcome address to 2nd EPSIG Symposium.
EPSIG UK · 702 views · 8 years ago
Why An Evolutionary Psychiatry Special Interest Group? 1st Symposium, EPSIG, Dr Paul St John-Smith
EPSIG UK · 1.6K views · 9 years ago
The Outgroup Intolerance Hypothesis for Schizophrenia, Dr Riadh Abed, 1st Symposium, EPSIG, 2016
EPSIG UK · 1.6K views · 9 years ago
Why We Get Sad: How Evolution Makes Sense of Emotional Disorders.Professor Randolph Nesse, EPSIG
EPSIG UK · 13K views · 9 years ago
Form follows function: An evolutionary model of the structure of psychopathology
EPSIG UK · 1.5K views · 7 years ago
A Contemporary Evolutionary Approach to the Emotions – Laith Al-Shawaf
EPSIG UK · 3.8K views · 2 years ago
Welcome address , 1st Symposium of the Evolutionary Psychiatry SIG, Royal College Of Psychiatrists.
EPSIG UK · 1.6K views · 9 years ago
An Evolutionary Account of Brain Laterality: Dr Iain McGilchrist
EPSIG UK · 24K views · 8 years ago