Preempting the Development of Antisocial Behavior and Psychopathic Traits

• Published in: The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Vol. 49; no. 1; p. 66
• Main Authors: Junewicz, Alexandra, Billick, Stephen Bates
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2021
• Subjects: psychopathy; antisocial personality disorder; conduct disorder; callous-unemotional traits; gene-environment interactions

Antisocial behavior and psychopathic traits are subject to complex patterns of inheritance, gene--environment interactive effects, and powerful environmental influences. Yet genetic factors are important in the etiology of antisocial behavior and psychopathic traits, and identifying youth with an el...