The Problem of Defining Psychopathology and Challenges to Evolutionary Psychology Theory

The Evolution of Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; General principles; Mental disorders; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960876931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195372090.003.0016     Document Type: Chapter

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