Schizophrenia and violence: A search for neurobiological correlates

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 533-538

  Naudts, Kris ^a   Hodgins, Sheilagh ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Neurological soft signs; Neuropsychology; Schizophrenia; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILDHOOD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33746744395     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000238484.12023.aa     Document Type: Review

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