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Several experiments use individuals with antisocial parents who have been adopted and raised by other people. Consistently, however, antisocial behavior prevails in the child despite the deviant, biological parents being absent. [3] One such experiment used individuals whose biological parents exhibited criminal behavior and who were adopted.
Conversely, it is unclear as to the specificity of anti-social behavior to executive function deficits as opposed to other generalized neuropsychological deficits. [95] The uncontrollable deficiency of executive function has an increased expectancy for aggressive behavior that can result in a criminal deed.
[2] This behavior is usually targeted toward peers, parents, teachers, and other authority figures, including law enforcement officials. [3] Unlike conduct disorder (CD), those with ODD do not generally show patterns of aggression towards random people, violence against animals, destruction of property, theft, or deceit. [ 4 ]
The DMM has been applied to models of psychotherapy, [75] [76] attachment narrative therapy, [77] family therapy, [19] and criminal behavior. [ 78 ] DMM integrative treatment can include a focus on how information is processed and transformed, especially in response to danger. [ 79 ]
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the relationship between criminal behavior and psychiatry. It was established in 1991 and is published five times per year by John Wiley & Sons .
A new paper, which appears in The British Journal of Psychiatry, concludes that females with an attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis die 8.64 years earlier than females ...