@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between large cavum septum pellucidum and antisocial behavior, callous-unemotional traits and psychopathy in adolescents",
journal="Journal of child psychology and psychiatry",
year="2013",
author="White, Stuart F. and Brislin, Sarah and Sinclair, Stephen and Fowler, Katherine A. and Pope, Kayla and Blair, R. James R.",
volume="54",
number="5",
pages="575-581",
abstract="Background:  The presence of a large cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) has been previously associated with antisocial behavior/psychopathic traits in an adult community sample. Aims:  The current study investigated the relationship between a large CSP and symptom severity in disruptive behavior disorders (DBD; conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder). Method:  Structural MRI scans of youth with DBDs (N = 32) and healthy comparison youth (N = 27) were examined for the presence of a large CSP and if this was related to symptom severity. Results:  Replicating previous results, a large CSP was associated with DBD diagnosis, proactive aggression, and level of psychopathic traits in youth. However, the presence of a large CSP was unrelated to aggression or psychopathic traits within the DBD sample. Conclusions:  Early brain mal-development may increase the risk of a DBD diagnosis, but does not mark a particularly severe form of DBD within patients receiving these diagnoses.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9630",
doi="10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02603.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02603.x"
}