Reduced thalamic volume in men with antisocial personality disorder or schizophrenia and a history of serious violence and childhood abuse

European Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 225-234

  Kumari, V ^a,b   Gudjonsson, G H ^a,b   Raghuvanshi, S ^c   Barkataki, I ^d   Taylor, P ^e   Sumich, A ^f   Das, K ^g   Kuipers, E ^a,b   Ffytche, D H ^a   Das, M ^g  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

^d WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; Physical abuse; Psychosocial deprivation; Sexual abuse; Thalamus; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOMETRY; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THALAMUS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84877041607     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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