The 'antisocial' person: An insight in to biology, classification and current evidence on treatment

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rodrigo, Chaturaka ^a   Rajapakse, Senaka ^b   Jayananda, Gamini ^a  

^a Provincial General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PAROXETINE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPATHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77954198194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-9-31     Document Type: Review

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