Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder as an Adaptive Anachronism: The Operation of Phylogenetic Inertia Upon Obsessive Populations in Western Modernity

Consistent with its classification by the American Psychiatric Association as one of ten personality disorders, nearly all etiologies assume Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder to be an environmentally instilled syndrome. However, a recent evolutionary etiology, better accounting for prevalenc...

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Main Author: Steven Charles Hertler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Rijeka 2015-07-01
Series:Psychological Topics
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Online Access:http://pt.ffri.hr/index.php/pt/article/view/210

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