Antisocial Behaviour hormone link
Date:
Oct 1 2008
Dr Graeme Fairchild of the University of Cambridge has found that low levels of the stress hormone cortisol may have some aetiological significance to antisocial behaviour in adolescent boys. Providing further evidence of a biological basisfor conduct disorder.
"Cortisol Diurnal Rhythm and Stress Reactivity in Male Adolescents with Early-Onset or Adolescence-Onset Conduct Disorder."
Graeme Fairchild, Stephanie H.M. van Goozen, Sarah J. Stollery, Jamie Brown, Julian Gardiner, Joe Herbert, Ian M. Goodyer.
Biological Psychiatry, Volume 64, Issue 7, 1 October 2008, Pages 599-606.
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.05.022
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