The relationship between childhood conduct disorder and adult antisocial behavior is partially mediated by early-onset alcohol abuse

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-432

  Khalifa, Najat ^a   Duggan, Conor ^a   Howard, Rick ^a   Lumsden, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antisocial behavior; conduct disorder; early onset alcohol abuse; violence

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873748404     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027017     Document Type: Article

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