Personality traits and psychopathy in a forensic psychiatric population

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-94

  Stålenheim, E Gunilla ^a,b   Von Knorring, Lars ^b  

^a Department of Forensic Psychiatry ^*  (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Forensic psychiatry; KSP; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; KAROLINSKA SCALES OF PERSONALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOPATHY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031800176     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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