Winning and losing: An evolutionary approach to mood disorders and their therapy

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 324-332

  Sloman, Leon ^a,b   Sturman, Edward D ^c   Price, John S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Oxford Regional Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Hypomania; Involuntary defeat strategy; Involuntary winning strategy; Losing; Psychotherapy; Winning

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; DYSPHORIA; EUPHORIA; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MALADJUSTMENT; MANIA; MOOD CHANGE; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPORT;

EID: 79960462365     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371105600603     Document Type: Review

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