Correlates of aggressive behaviour in schizophrenia: An overview

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 400-409

  Cheung, Peter ^a   Schweitzer, Isaac ^b  

^a Acad U in Rehab Psychiatry   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Correlates; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMPULSIVENESS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031798885     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679809065534     Document Type: Review

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