The childhood-onset neuropsychiatric background to adulthood psychopathic traits and personality disorders.

• Childhood conduct disorder (CD) and adult psychopathic traits according to the Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R) were the closest psychiatric covariates to repeated violent crimes and aggression among offenders under forensic psychiatric investigation in Sweden. As psychopathy is not included in the present psychiatric diagnostic systems, we compared total and factor PCL-R scores to Axis I disorders, including childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorders, and to Axis II personality disorders, to establish the convergence of psychopathic traits with other psychiatric diagnoses, and to identify possible unique features. Psychopathic traits were positively correlated with bipolar mood disorder and negatively with unipolar depression. The total PCL-R scores as well as the Factor 2 (unemotionality) and Factor 3 (behavioral dyscontrol) scores were significantly correlated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Asperger's syndrome/high-functioning autistic traits, CD, substance abuse, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Cluster B personality disorders. The interpersonal Factor 1 showed none of these correlations and may capture features that are specific to psychopathy, distinguishing core psychopathy from other diagnostic definitions.

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Adolescent

Adult

Aged

Aggression

psychology

Antisocial Personality Disorder

diagnosis

epidemiology

psychology

Asperger Syndrome

diagnosis

epidemiology

psychology

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

diagnosis

epidemiology

psychology

Autistic Disorder

diagnosis

epidemiology

psychology

Bipolar Disorder

diagnosis

epidemiology

psychology

Child

Child Behavior Disorders

diagnosis

epidemiology

psychology

Comorbidity

Cross-Sectional Studies

Depressive Disorder

diagnosis

epidemiology

psychology

Female

Humans

Male

Middle Aged

Personality Disorders

diagnosis

epidemiology

psychology

Prisoners

psychology

statistics & numerical data

Risk Factors

Sex Offenses

psychology

statistics & numerical data

Statistics as Topic

Substance-Related Disorders

diagnosis

epidemiology

psychology

Violence

psychology

statistics & numerical data

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