Depression in an evolutionary context

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wolpert, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 40949086842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-5341-3-8     Document Type: Note

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