Conservation‐Withdrawal: A Primary Regulatory Process for Organismic Homeostasis
Novartis Foundation symposiumPublished 1 January 1972
George L. Engel, Arthur H. Schmale
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This chapter contains section titled: Monica: the First Observation Phylogenesis of Conservation-Withdrawal Ontogenesis of Conservation-Withdrawal Conservation-Withdrawal and Sleep The Neural Organization Serving Conservation-Withdrawal Behavioural Expression and Experience of Conservation-Withdrawal in Man Conservation-Withdrawal, Giving up and Depression Acknowledgements References Discussion References
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