Testosterone as a biological marker in psychopathy and alcoholism

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-88

  Gunilla Stalenheim E ^a   Eriksson, Elias ^b   Von Knorring, Lars ^c   Wide, Leif ^c  

^a Department of Forensic Psychiatry ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Free testosterone; Karolinska Scales of Personality; Psychopathy Checklist; Sexual hormone binding globulin; Total testosterone; Type II alcoholism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRIME; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0344043313     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)00143-1     Document Type: Article

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