Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Correlates of Aggression and Violence in Schizophrenia
Individuals diagnosed with major mental disorders such as schizophrenia are more likely to have engaged in violent behavior than mentally healthy members of the same communities. Although aggressive acts can have numerous causes, research about the underlying neurobiology of violence and aggression...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3820648/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24278673 http://dx.doi.org/10.6064/2012/158646 |
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description | Individuals diagnosed with major mental disorders such as schizophrenia are more likely to have engaged in violent behavior than mentally healthy members of the same communities. Although aggressive acts can have numerous causes, research about the underlying neurobiology of violence and aggression in schizophrenia can lead to a better understanding of the heterogeneous nature of that behavior and can assist in developing new treatment strategies. The purpose of this paper is to review the recent literature and discuss some of the neurobiological correlates of aggression and violence. The focus will be on schizophrenia, and the results of neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies that have directly investigated brain functioning and/or structure in aggressive and violent samples will be discussed as well as other domains that might predispose to aggression and violence such as deficits in responding to the emotional expressions of others, impulsivity, and psychopathological symptoms. Finally gender differences regarding aggression and violence are discussed. In this context several methodological and conceptional issues that limited the comparison of these studies will be addressed. |
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spelling | pubmed-38206482013-11-25 Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Correlates of Aggression and Violence in Schizophrenia Weiss, Elisabeth M. Scientifica (Cairo) Review Article Individuals diagnosed with major mental disorders such as schizophrenia are more likely to have engaged in violent behavior than mentally healthy members of the same communities. Although aggressive acts can have numerous causes, research about the underlying neurobiology of violence and aggression in schizophrenia can lead to a better understanding of the heterogeneous nature of that behavior and can assist in developing new treatment strategies. The purpose of this paper is to review the recent literature and discuss some of the neurobiological correlates of aggression and violence. The focus will be on schizophrenia, and the results of neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies that have directly investigated brain functioning and/or structure in aggressive and violent samples will be discussed as well as other domains that might predispose to aggression and violence such as deficits in responding to the emotional expressions of others, impulsivity, and psychopathological symptoms. Finally gender differences regarding aggression and violence are discussed. In this context several methodological and conceptional issues that limited the comparison of these studies will be addressed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3820648/ /pubmed/24278673 http://dx.doi.org/10.6064/2012/158646 Text en Copyright © 2012 Elisabeth M. Weiss. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Weiss, Elisabeth M. Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Correlates of Aggression and Violence in Schizophrenia |
title | Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Correlates of Aggression and Violence in Schizophrenia |
title_full | Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Correlates of Aggression and Violence in Schizophrenia |
title_fullStr | Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Correlates of Aggression and Violence in Schizophrenia |
title_full_unstemmed | Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Correlates of Aggression and Violence in Schizophrenia |
title_short | Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Correlates of Aggression and Violence in Schizophrenia |
title_sort | neuroimaging and neurocognitive correlates of aggression and violence in schizophrenia |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3820648/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24278673 http://dx.doi.org/10.6064/2012/158646 |
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