Mental health and well-being: Clinical applications of Darwinian psychiatry

Applied Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Troisi, Alfonso ^a  

^a Campus Bio Medico University of Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical applications; Darwinian psychiatry; Diagnosis; Evolutionary medicine; Prevention; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586073.003.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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