Cardiac response and anxiety levels in psychopathic murderers Resposta cardíaca e nível de ansiedade em homicidas psicopatas

OBJECTIVE: To compare the emotional response and level of anxiety of psychopathic murderers, non-psychopathic murderers, and nonpsychopathic non-criminals. METHOD: 110 male individuals aged over 18 years were divided into three groups: psychopathic murderers (n = 38); non-psychopathic murderers (n =...

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Main Authors: Antonio de Pádua Serafim, Daniel Martins de Barros, André Valim, Clarice Gorenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2009-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462009000300006