Why should we care about measuring callous-unemotional traits in children?

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-178

  Viding, Essi ^a   McCrory, Eamon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GUILT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADOPTION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84857719912     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.099770     Document Type: Review

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