A model linking biology, behavior and psychiatric diagnoses in perpetrators of domestic violence

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 345-353

  George, David T ^a   Phillips, Monte J ^a   Doty, Linda ^a   Umhau, John C ^a   Rawlings, Robert R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODEL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEAR; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33744910061     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.01.049     Document Type: Article

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