Understanding developmental psychopathology: How useful are evolutionary accounts?

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1011-1021

  Leckman, James F ^a   Mayes, Linda C ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent mental disorders; Development; Evolution

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPULSION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OBSESSION; PANIC; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031714214     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199810000-00010     Document Type: Review

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