The distribution of psychopathy among a household population: Categorical or dimensional?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 773-781

  Coid, Jeremy ^a   Yang, Min ^a  

^a William Harvey House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dimension or category; Epidemiology; National survey; Probable psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53749092301     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0363-8     Document Type: Article

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