Facial affect recognition deficits: A potential contributor to aggression in psychotic illness

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-35

  Malone, Aisling ^a   Carroll, Andrew ^a,b   Murphy, Brendan P ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Southern Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Facial affect recognition; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Social information processing; Violence

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL AFFECT RECOGNITION DEFICIT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84455169633     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2011.09.007     Document Type: Review

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