Attenuated subjective ratings and skin conductance responses to neutral and negative pictures in non-psychopathic mentally disordered offenders with various diagnoses

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-34

  Wahlund, Katarina ^a   Sorman, Karolina ^a   Gavazzeni, Joachim ^a   Fischer, Håkan ^a   Kristiansson, Marianne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Autonomic reactivity; Electrodermal activity; Emotion; Forensic psychiatry; Offending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL AFFECTIVE PICTURE SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPATHY; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AROUSAL; CRIMINALS; EMOTIONS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958184378     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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