Cognitive Evolutionary Therapy for Depression

Cezar Giosan, PhD, Dr. Habil and faculty in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bucharest, has a doctorate in psychology from the New School University. He worked for a long time as a research psychologist in the US top-ranked Department of Psychiatry at Weill Medical School of Cornell University. Dr. Giosan has authored dozens of peer-reviewed publications in impact journals, including studies on the applications of evolutionary psychology in psychological interventions. He has tested, in premiere, in the form of a Randomized Clinical Trial, the efficacy of an evolutionary intervention for depression.

• 1.Evolutionary Psychology – A Brief Introduction.- 2.The Concept of Fitness in Evolutionary Psychology.- 3.Evolutionary Psychopathology.- 4.The Current Psychological Standard of Care in Depression.- 5.Cognitive Evolutionary Therapy for Depression.- 6.Moral and Ethical Aspects in CET.- 7.Specific Aspects Related to CET.- 8.The Evolutionary Fitness Scale.- 9.The General Structure of CET and Examples of Evolutionary Interventions.- 10.Appendix 1: Nutrition.- 11.Appendix 2: Physical Activity.