Testing the Paleolithic-human-warfare hypothesis of blood-injection phobia in the Baltimore ECA Follow-up Study-Towards a more etiologically-based conceptualization for DSM-V

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Bracha, H Stefan ^a,b   Bienvenu, O Joseph ^c   Eaton, William W ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Brain evolution; Mate choice; Sexual selection; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PHOBIA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BALTIMORE; BLOOD; BLOODLETTING; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EVOLUTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845577808     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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