Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 213-218 , May 2008

Are there age-related effects in antisocial personality disorders and psychopathy?

  • Christian Huchzermeier, MD (Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist, Vice Director)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Niemannsweg 147, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Friedemann Geiger, PhD (Clinical Psychologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Niemannsweg 147, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
    • Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel Schwanenweg 20, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
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  • Denis Köhler, PhD (Clinical Psychologist, Vertretungsprofessur)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology Individual Differences and Psychological Diagnostic, University Hamburg, Von-Melle-Park 11, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Emelie Bruß, MA (Clinical Psychologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Niemannsweg 147, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
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  • Nils Godt, MA (Clinical Psychologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Niemannsweg 147, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
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  • Günter Hinrichs, MA, MD (Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Niemannsweg 147, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
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  • Josef B. Aldenhoff, MD (Professor, Director)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Niemannsweg 147, D-24105 Kiel, Germany

Received 13 April 2007 ,Accepted 8 October 2007.

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PII: S1752-928X(07)00153-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.10.002

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 213-218 , May 2008

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