Citation

Kolla NJ, Gregory S, Attard S, Blackwood N, Hodgins S. Psychiatry Res. 2014; 221(2): 123-126.

Affiliation

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Research Imaging Centre, 250 College Street, Room B26, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 1R8.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.11.008

PMID

24361393

Abstract

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.

Language: en