Childhood maltreatment and aggressive behaviour in violent offenders with psychopathy

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 487-494

  Kolla, Nathan J ^a,b   Malcolm, Charlotte ^c   Attard, Stephen ^d   Arenovich, Tamara ^a,b   Blackwood, Nigel ^c   Hodgins, Sheilagh ^c,e  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Childhood maltreatment; Proactive aggression; Psychopathy; Reactive aggression; Violent offending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; HUMAN; OFFENDER; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PSYCHOPATHY;

EID: 84881448945     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371305800808     Document Type: Article

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