Lower anterior cingulate volume in seriously violent men with antisocial personality disorder or schizophrenia and a history of childhood abuse

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-161

  Kumari, Veena ^a,b   Uddin, Shahir ^c   Premkumar, Preethi ^d   Young, Susan ^a   Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Raghuvanshi, Satya ^b   Barkataki, Ian ^e   Sumich, Alexander ^d   Taylor, Pamela ^f   Das, Mrigendra ^g  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; MRI; physical abuse; psychosocial deprivation; sexual abuse; violence

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DSM-III-R; DSM-IV; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATIENT HISTORY OF CHILD ABUSE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOLOGY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CINGULATE GYRUS; MIDDLE AGED; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84893533373     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867413512690     Document Type: Article

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