Psychological dimensions of antisocial personality disorder as predictors of psychotherapy noncompletion among sexual offenders

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-28

  Larochelle, Sébastien ^a   Diguer, Louis ^a   Laverdière, Olivier ^a   Gamache, Dominick ^a   Greenman, Paul Samuel ^a   Descôteaux, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NARCISSISM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; STATE-TRAIT ANGER EXPRESSION INVENTORY; WORK;

ADULT; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX OFFENSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949701782     PISSN: 00259284     EISSN: 00259284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/bumc.2010.74.1.1     Document Type: Article

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