"How to spot a psychopath"

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 464-472

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Daoud, Yasmine ^a   Swami, Viren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Mental disorders; Mental health literacy; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOSURGERY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67349265187     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0459-1     Document Type: Article

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