Psychopathy as a disorder of empathy

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 249-252

  Soderstrom, Henrik ^a  

^a Box 4024 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism; Forensic; Personality; Social brain; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPATHY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141814971     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-003-0338-y     Document Type: Review

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