Evolution at 150: Time for truly biological psychiatry

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 471-472

  Nesse, Randolph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOOD CHANGE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 72149092998     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.072074     Document Type: Review

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