Antisocial Personality Disorder - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures.

17 Nov 2009 Few studies have utilized both categorical and dimensional measures of psychopathology in children with epilepsy. We evaluated 173 children (88 males, 85 females; mean age 11.7y [SD 1.8]; range 9-14y) who had epilepsy (generalized 36%, partial 61%) ... Read more...

[Behaviour therapy and child welfare - results of an approach to improve mental health care of aggressive children]

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The Training with Aggressive Children (Petermann & Petermann, 2008) was integrated into the setting of a child welfare service. This study examined, if mental health care of aggressive children in child welfare settings can be improved, ... Read more...

Evidence for a putative biomarker for substance dependence.

30 Aug 2009 Electrodermal response modulation (ERM) reflects the reduction in skin conductance response to an aversive stimulus that is temporally predictable relative to when it is unpredictable. Poor ERM is associated with substance dependence (SD). It was ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Antisocial Personality Disorder - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures. 17 Nov 2009
• [Behaviour therapy and child welfare - results of an approach to improve mental health care of aggressive children] 30 Aug 2009
• Evidence for a putative biomarker for substance dependence. 30 Aug 2009
• Localization of deformations within the amygdala in individuals with psychopathy. 30 Aug 2009
• Adolescent dispositions for antisocial behavior in context: the roles of neighborhood dangerousness and parental knowledge. 30 Jul 2009
• Attention moderates the processing of inhibitory information in primary psychopathy. 30 Jul 2009
• Iatrogenic effect of juvenile justice. 30 Jul 2009
• The role of harsh discipline in explaining sex differences in conduct disorder: a study of opposite-sex twin pairs. 29 Jun 2009
• Cortisol, callous-unemotional traits, and pathways to antisocial behavior. 29 Jun 2009
• Childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders as predictors of young adult disorders. 29 Jun 2009
• Three-year follow-up of syndromal antisocial behavior in adults: results from the wave 2 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. 14 Jun 2009
• Diagnosing an American Psycho. 30 May 2009
• Clinical supervision in treatment transport: effects on adherence and outcomes. 30 May 2009
• [Is the "psychopathy concept" applicable to expert opinions in civil suits?] 30 May 2009
• Role of GABRA2 in trajectories of externalizing behavior across development and evidence of moderation by parental monitoring. 30 May 2009
• Recidivistic offending and mortality in alcoholic violent offenders: a prospective follow-up study. 18 May 2009
• Comparing two alternative measures of general personality in the assessment of psychopathy: a test of the NEO PI-R and the MPQ. 16 May 2009
• Psychopathic traits and offender characteristics - a nationwide consecutive sample of homicidal male adolescents. 4 May 2009
• Internet filtering can hinder psychiatric assessment. 29 Apr 2009
• Assessment of Fearless Dominance and Impulsive Antisociality via normal personality measures: convergent validity, criterion validity, and developmental change. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Antisocial Personality Disorder'

Definition: A personality disorder whose essential feature is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. The individual must be at least age 18 and must have a history of some symptoms of CONDUCT DISORDER before age 15. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D000987

Alternative terms: Antisocial Personality Disorder; Personality Disorder, Antisocial; Antisocial Personality Disorders; Disorder, Antisocial Personality; Disorders, Antisocial Personality; Personality Disorders, Antisocial; Sociopathic Personality; Personalities, Sociopathic; Personality, Sociopathic; Sociopathic Personalities; Psychopathic Personality; Personalities, Psychopathic; Personality, Psychopathic; Psychopathic Personalities; Antisocial Personality; Antisocial Personalities; Personalities, Antisocial; Personality, Antisocial; Dyssocial Behavior; Behavior, Dyssocial; Behaviors, Dyssocial; Dyssocial Behaviors;

Related Mesh Headings: Conduct Disorder;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.675.050;

Online Note: use ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER to search ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY 1976-80 & SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY 1966-75

History Note: 81; was ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY 1976-80, was ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY see under SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY 1969-75; SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY was heading 1963-75