Variants of Psychopathic Traits Follow Distinct Trajectories of Clinical Features Among Children with Conduct Problems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Bégin ◽  
Michèle Déry ◽  
Yann Le Corff
Keyword(s):  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Psychopathic Traits

The Significance of an Abnormal EEG in Psychopathic Personalities

1972 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 215-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Harper ◽  
Marion Morris ◽  
Jean Bleyerveld
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Features ◽  
Psychiatric Service ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Therapeutic Implications ◽  
Clinical Correlates ◽  
Environmental Deprivation ◽  
Organic Disorder

The clinical features of 100 patients with psychopathic personalities presenting to an acute psychiatric service are described. Neurotic symptoms were frequently found to co-exist with psychopathic traits. Fifty-three patients had abnormal electroencephalograms. The abnormalities were significantly negatively correlated with age, and positively with the occurrence of epileptic convulsions, but few other significant clinical correlates were found. It is suggested that an abnormal EEG may be positively misleading if misinterpreted as evidence of epilepsy or of an “organic” disorder. The medico-legal and therapeutic implications of this conclusion are discussed. It is suggested that environmental deprivation may be one of the factors responsible for the delay in electroencephalographic maturation so frequently found in psychopaths.

Affective startle potentiation in juvenile offenders: The role of conduct problems and psychopathic traits

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva M. Syngelaki ◽  
Graeme Fairchild ◽  
Simon C. Moore ◽  
Justin C. Savage ◽  
Stephanie H. M. van Goozen
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Startle Potentiation
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