Psychiatric disorders in single and multiple sexual murderers

Psychopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-28

  Hill, Andreas ^a   Habermann, Niels ^a   Berner, Wolfgang ^a   Briken, Peer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Paraphilias; Personality disorders; Risk assessment; Sex offender; Sexual dysfunctions; Sexual homicide; Substance disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST REVISED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SADISM; SCHIZOIDISM; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RAPE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33751282166     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096386     Document Type: Article

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