The effects of including a callous-unemotional specifier for the diagnosis of conduct disorder

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-282

  Kahn, Rachel E ^a   Frick, Paul J ^a   Youngstrom, Eric ^b   Findling, Robert L ^c   Youngstrom, Jennifer Kogos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; Callous unemotional traits; conduct disorder; DSM V; youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84856716234     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02463.x     Document Type: Article

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