Nine variations and a coda on the theme of an evolutionary definition of dysfunction

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 412-420

  Fulford, K W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EVOLUTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NATURAL SELECTION; NOMENCLATURE;

BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032774118     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.108.3.412     Document Type: Article

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