A biofeedback intervention to control impulsiveness in a severely personality disordered forensic patient

Personality and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-173

  Howard, Rick ^a   Schellhorn, Klaus ^b   Lumsden, John ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NeuroConn GmbH   (Germany)

^c BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; TRANQUILIZER; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LEGAL ASPECT; LIBIDO; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCULOGRAPHY; OFFENDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL CRIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; ATTENTION; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CRIMINALS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LIBIDO; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX OFFENSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPTORELIN PAMOATE;

EID: 84879783878     PISSN: 19328621     EISSN: 1932863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmh.1231     Document Type: Article

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