Disentangling possible effects of childhood physical abuse on gray matter changes in violent offenders with psychopathy

Violent offenders with psychopathy present a lifelong pattern of callousness and aggression and fail to benefit from rehabilitation programs. This study presents the first, albeit preliminary, evidence suggesting that some of the structural brain anomalies distinguishing violent offenders with psych...

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Autores principales: Kolla, Nathan J., Gregory, Sarah, Attard, Stephen, Blackwood, Nigel, Hodgins, Sheilagh
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4024660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24361393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.11.008
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spelling pubmed-40246602014-05-30 Disentangling possible effects of childhood physical abuse on gray matter changes in violent offenders with psychopathy Kolla, Nathan J. Gregory, Sarah Attard, Stephen Blackwood, Nigel Hodgins, Sheilagh Psychiatry Res Article Violent offenders with psychopathy present a lifelong pattern of callousness and aggression and fail to benefit from rehabilitation programs. This study presents the first, albeit preliminary, evidence suggesting that some of the structural brain anomalies distinguishing violent offenders with psychopathy may result from physical abuse in childhood. Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press 2014-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4024660/ /pubmed/24361393 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.11.008 Text en © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , which allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
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