Impact of behavioral genetic evidence on the perceptions and dispositions of child abuse victims

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-19

  Raad, Raymond ^a   Appelbaum, Paul S ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Child abuse; Cycle of violence; Genetic essentialism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; IMPULSIVENESS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); MONOAMINE OXIDASE A, HUMAN;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; MOTHERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84920725393     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000364994     Document Type: Article

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