Inverse correlation between severity of psychopathic traits and serum cortisol levels in young adult violent male offenders

Psychopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-104

  Holi, Matti ^a   Auvinen Lintunen, Laura ^a   Lindberg, Nina ^a   Tani, Pekka ^a   Virkkunen, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LETTER; PSYCHOPATHY; RATING SCALE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 32044433954     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091021     Document Type: Letter

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