The quest for excitement: A missing link between personality disorder and violence?

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 692-705

  Howard, Richard C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

excitement; motivation; personality disorder; violence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; EXCITEMENT; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84859358873     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2011.617540     Document Type: Article

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