TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - "Acquired psychopathy" and the neurobiology of emotion and violence
JO  - Psychiatrische Praxis
A1  - Müller, Jürgen L.
A1  - Schuierer, Gerhard
A1  - Marienhagen, Jörg
A1  - Putzhammer, Albert
A1  - Klein, Helmfried E.
SP  - S221
EP  - 5
VL  - 30
IS  - Suppl 2
N2  - "Psychopathy" describes a type of personality disorder characterized by a dysregulation of emotion processing. Social behaviour, emotion regulation and competency are of particular relevance in forensic psychiatry. Structural-morphological and functional imaging studies prove that emotion regulation, aggressive-impulsive behaviour and learning from negative experiences are greatly influenced by frontal brain regions. These abilities are impaired in severe cases of dissocial personality disorders and in traumatic "pseudopsychopathy". We illustrate the importance functional neurobiological changes in patients personality disorders and "acquired psychopathy" by two case reports on patients who were admitted to a forensic-psychiatric facility for sexual crimes.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0303-4259
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -