Autism spectrum disorders - Legal and forensic psychiatric aspects and reflections

Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-61

  Kristiansson, Marianne ^a,b   Sörman, Karolina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b National Board of Forensic Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Asperger syndrome; Austism; Criminal law; Forensic psychiatry; Insanity defense; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STRESS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NARCISSISM; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STALKING; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 50249090109     PISSN: 17244935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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