Male mental health problems, psychopathy, and personality traits: Key findings from the first 14 years of the Pittsburgh Youth Study

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 273-297

  Loeber, Rolf ^a,e   Farrington, David P ^b   Stouthamer Loeber, Magda ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^c   Caspi, Avshalom ^c   Lynam, Don ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Conduct problems; Depressed mood; Early psychopathy; Impulsivity; Longitudinal studies; Mental health; Personality; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035754887     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013574903810     Document Type: Article

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