Evolutionary research on mental health in non-industrialised contexts: an introduction to the special issue
Lay Summary Mental health problems vary widely across cultures, yet evolutionary psychiatry has rarely studied non-industrialised societies. This special issue includes four papers — on cross-cultural measurement, mourning rituals in Kenya, perinatal mental health, and PTSD among Turkana warriors — that begin to fill that gap.
Authors
- Adrian V. Jaeggi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1695-0388)
- Elspeth Ready (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8473-5826)
- Adam Hunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-5812)
Institutions
- ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences (CH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (DE)
- Department of Archaeology (LK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Evolution Medicine and Public Health
- Published
- 2026-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoag015
- Primary Topic
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00