Emotions research is now routinely grounded in evolution, but explicit evolutionary analyses of emotions remain rare. This article considers the implications of natural selection for several classic questions about emotions and emotional disorders. Emotions are special modes of operation shaped by natural selection. They adjust multiple response parameters in ways that have increased fitness in...

In the past, emotional disturbances in the retarded were a frequent cause of institutionalization. For example, a study of emotional disturbance in a sample of institutionalized children with Down's syndrome noted that whereas only 37% of the total sample were emotionally disturbed at the time of the study, 56% ha d displayed significant symptoms of an emotional disturbance at the time of their...

Individuals with emotional disorders are more likely to use primary medical care than specialty mental health services, but these disorders are likely to be undetected or inadequately treated. Recognition of the importance of primary medical care for the treatment of mental disorder has resulted in pressing new research priorities. One set of issues concerns the adequacy of existing nosological...

Understanding emotional disorders requires understanding the evolutionary origins and functions of normal emotions. They are special states, shaped by natural selection to adjust various aspects of the organism in ways that have tended to give a selective advantage in the face of the adaptive challenges characteristic of a particular kind of situation. They are designed to maximize reproductive...

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between emotional intelligence and mental disorders, with internet addiction in university students. Methods: The method of study was descriptive-pilot one and correlation. Two hundred internet users (male and female) from Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Technology were randomly selected. For data collection، Carson's emotio...

BACKGROUND Discrepancies between multiple informants often create considerable uncertainties in delivering services to youth. The present study assessed the ability of the parent and youth scales of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to predict mental health problems/disorders across several mental health domains as validated against two contrasting indices of validity for psycho...

BACKGROUND Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and asthma incur similar health care costs that are greater than those of most children without these conditions. Preliminary findings suggest that children with emotional behavioral disorders, anxiety and depression, incur even greater costs. OBJECTIVE To determine if children with behavioral disorders have similar health serv...

A preliminary study on the use of an adaptive display for treating emotional disorders is presented. The purpose of this study is twofold: to obtain a virtual environment that adapts to the emotional states of the user at each moment and to analyze the possibility of using it for the treatment of emotional disorders. Until now, different types of adaptive displays have been developed and studie...