The relation of ADHD and violent aggression: What can we learn from epidemiological and genetic studies?

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-243

  Retz, Wolfgang ^a   Rösler, Michael ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Environment; Genes; Psychopathy; Serotonin; Violence

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOPATHY; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 67650708299     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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