Essentialism revisited: Evolutionary theory and the concept of mental disorder

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 400-411

  Lilienfeld, Scott O ^a   Marino, Lori ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANALYSIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NATURAL SELECTION; NOMENCLATURE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 0032813461     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.108.3.400     Document Type: Review

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