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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Randolph M. Nesse is a researcher affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their main field of study is Psychology, with a focus on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, History and Philosophy of Science, Clinical Psychology, Philosophy, and Psychiatry and Mental Health. The central topics of their research include Mental Health Research, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Mental Health and Psychiatry, Evolution and Science Education, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, and Tryptophan and Brain Disorders.

Their recent publications highlight a concentration on evolutionary approaches to psychiatry and mental health. Key papers include:

  • "Evolutionary psychiatry: foundations, progress and challenges," 2023, published in World Psychiatry
  • "Evolutionary psychiatry," 2022, published in The "biomedical & life sciences collection"
  • "EvMedEd: A Teaching Resource for Integrating Medical Examples into Evolution Education," 2020, published in The American Biology Teacher
  • "Social Situations Shape Social Emotions That Benefit Genes," 2022, published in Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture
  • "Care and Cure: An Introduction to Philosophy of Medicine" (review), 2020, published in The Quarterly Review of Biology

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Riadh Abed, Sara E. Brownell, Derek K. Tracy, Paul St John-Smith, and Annie Swanepoel.

Randolph M. Nesse has published in several recurring venues, with multiple contributions to The Quarterly Review of Biology, The "biomedical & life sciences collection," Trends in Ecology & Evolution, World Psychiatry, and The American Biology Teacher.

The researcher also contributed to book publications, notably with Cambridge University Press, where they coauthored "Evolutionary Psychiatry" published in 2022.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Randolph M. Nesse was named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Providing Social Support May Be More Beneficial Than Receiving It Results From a Prospective Study of Mortality

    Stephanie L. Brown;Randolph M. Nesse;Amiram D. Vinokur;Dylan M. Smith

  • Prevalence and distribution of major depressive disorder in African Americans, Caribbean blacks, and non-Hispanic whites: results from the National Survey of American Life.

    David R. Williams;Hector M. González;Harold Neighbors;Randolph Nesse

  • Resilience to Loss and Chronic Grief: A Prospective Study From Preloss to 18-Months Postloss

    George A. Bonanno;Camille B. Wortman;Darrin R. Lehman;Roger G. Tweed

  • Evolutionary explanations of emotions.

    Randolph M. Nesse

  • Is depression an adaptation

    Randolph M. Nesse

  • Depression is not a consistent syndrome: An investigation of unique symptom patterns in the STAR*D study

    Eiko I. Fried;Randolph M. Nesse

  • The Dawn of Darwinian Medicine

    George C. Williams;Randolph M. Nesse

  • Depression sum-scores don’t add up: why analyzing specific depression symptoms is essential

    Eiko I Fried;Randolph M Nesse

  • The National Survey of American Life: A study of racial, ethnic and cultural influences on mental disorders and mental health

    James S. Jackson;Myriam Torres;Cleopatra H. Caldwell;Harold W. Neighbors

  • Prospective patterns of resilience and maladjustment during widowhood

    George A. Bonanno;Camille B. Wortman;Randolph M. Nesse

  • Fear and fitness: An evolutionary analysis of anxiety disorders

    Isaac f.M. Marks;Randolph M. Nesse

  • What are 'good' depression symptoms? Comparing the centrality of DSM and non-DSM symptoms of depression in a network analysis

    Eiko I. Fried;Sacha Epskamp;Randolph M. Nesse;Francis Tuerlinckx

  • Resilience to loss and chronic grief: A prospective study from preloss to 18-months postloss.

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  • Evolution, emotions, and emotional disorders.

    Randolph M. Nesse;Phoebe C. Ellsworth

  • Psychoactive Drug Use in Evolutionary Perspective

    Randolph M. Nesse;Kent C. Berridge

  • Natural selection and the regulation of defenses: a signal detection analysis of the smoke detector principle.

    Randolph M. Nesse

  • The effect of widowhood on older adults' social participation: an evaluation of activity, disengagement, and continuity theories.

    Rebecca L. Utz;Deborah Carr;Randolph Nesse;Camille B. Wortman

  • The impact of individual depressive symptoms on impairment of psychosocial functioning.

    Eiko I. Fried;Randolph M. Nesse

  • Race, ethnicity, and the use of services for mental disorders: results from the National Survey of American Life.

    Harold W. Neighbors;Cleopatra Caldwell;David R. Williams;Randolph Nesse

  • A BDNF coding variant is associated with the NEO personality inventory domain neuroticism, a risk factor for depression.

    Srijan Sen;Randolph M. Nesse;Scott F. Stoltenberg;Sheng Li

  • Evolution and the capacity for commitment

    Randolph M. Nesse

  • Luxury Fever: Why Money Fails to Satisfy in an Era of Excess

    Randolph Nesse

Frequent Co-Authors

George C. Curtis
George C. Curtis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Oliver G. Cameron
Oliver G. Cameron University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James L. Abelson
James L. Abelson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bruce A. Thyer
Bruce A. Thyer Florida State University
Eiko I. Fried
Eiko I. Fried Leiden University
Deborah Carr
Deborah Carr Boston University
Camille B. Wortman
Camille B. Wortman Stony Brook University
James S. Jackson
James S. Jackson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James S. House
James S. House University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joseph A. Himle
Joseph A. Himle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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