The role of defeat and entrapment (arrested flight) in depression: An exploration of an evolutionary view

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 585-598

  Gilbert, Paul ^a   Allan, Steven ^a  

^a KINGSWAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031799512     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798006710     Document Type: Article

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