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An Overview of the Association between Schizotypy and Dopamine

An Overview of the Association between Schizotypy and Dopamine

Front Psychiatry. 2014; 5: 184. Published online 2014 Dec 19. doi:  10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00184 PMCID: PMC4271513 PMID: 25566103 Christine Mohr1,* and Ulrich Ettinger2,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Schizotypy refers to a constellation of personality traits that are believed to mirror the subclinical expression of schizophrenia in the general population. Evidence from pharmacological studies indicates that dopamine (DA) is involved in the etiology of…

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Illuminating the Relationship Between Personality Disorder and Violence: Contributions of the General Aggression Model

Illuminating the Relationship Between Personality Disorder and Violence: Contributions of the General Aggression Model

Psychology of Violence                                                                                                                                     © 2011 American Psychological  Association 2011, Vol. 1, No. 3,  230 –244                                                                                                                        2152-0828/11/$12.00    DOI: 10.1037/a0024089   Flora Gilbert Monash University Michael Daffern Monash University, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, and Rampton Hospital   Introduction Although a consensus exists among mental health professionals that certain personality disorders are associated with an increased propensity for violence, uncertainties regarding the nature and extent of this relationship persist. Previous approaches to studying the personality disorder-violence relationship are also hampered by…

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder: A Current Review

Schizotypal Personality Disorder: A Current Review

Daniel R. Rosell, M.D., Ph.D,1,2 Shira E. Futterman, Psy.D,1,2 Antonia McMaster, B.A,1,2 and Larry J. Siever, M.D1,2 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Curr Psychiatry Rep See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Abstract The study of schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) is important clinically, as it is understudied, challenging to treat, often under-recognized or misdiagnosed, and associated with significant functional impairment. SPD also represents…

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Illuminating the Relationship Between Personality Disorder and Violence: Contributions of the General Aggression Model

Illuminating the Relationship Between Personality Disorder and Violence: Contributions of the General Aggression Model

  Psychology of Violence © 2011 American Psychological  Association 2011, Vol. 1, No. 3,  230 –244  2152-0828/11/$12.00    DOI: 10.1037/a0024089 Flora Gilbert This article was published Online First May 23,   2011. Flora Gilbert, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University; Michael Daffern, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University; Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health; Peaks Aca- demic and Research Unit, Rampton  Hospital. Correspondence concerning this article should be ad- dressed…

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