Altruism and mental disorders |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory of Psychology and Ecology of Stress, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China;2. Department of Psychology, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China;3. Centre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China;4. Global and Community Mental Health Research Group, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macao Special Administrative Region, China;5. Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;2. Christian Alliance for Orphans, Arequipa, Peru;3. Youth Law Center, San Francisco, CA, USA;4. MRC Developmental Pathways to Health Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;5. Department of Psychology, Samford University, Birmingham, AL, USA;6. Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA;1. Center for Integrated Molecular Brain Imaging & Neurobiology Research Unit, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark;2. Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark;3. Danish Dementia Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark;1. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York;2. Lundbeck LLC, Deerfield, Illinois |
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| Abstract: | Data suggest that the theories of kin selection and reciprocal altruism are viable working models to explain altruistic behavior. It remains to be demonstrated if these models can explain the behavior of persons with mentaL disorders for whom altruistic behavior is reported to be reduced. This paper addresses this issue. Part I reviews proximate factors that are thought to influence both altruistic decision making and interindividual variation in altruistic behavior. The focus is on trait signaling by potential beneficiaries and the evaluation of signals and altruistic decision making by potential altruists. In Part II, points developed in Part I are combined with clinical and empirical findings to analyze data on personality disorders and dysthymic disorder. The analysis leads to three causal hypotheses: Reduced altruistic behavior may be an evolved strategy, a consequence of dysfunctional recognition systems or algorithms, and/or a secondary response to an increase in symptoms. Different disorders and features of disorders are explained by each hypothesis. |
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