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Violence Aggression and Impulse Dyscontrol

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The thorough understanding of the biological mechanisms contributing to habitual aggression is fundamental if effective preventive, diagnostic, and rehabilitative programs are to be developed. Electrophysiological techniques, including conventional and quantified EEG can be very helpful in advancing our knowledge of this area. Of great interest is the serious gap between a large body of literature attesting to the prevalence of EEG, and other brain imaging abnormalities, and the actual utilization of this information in diagnosing and managing individuals exhibiting such symptoms. Moreover, the dearth of more recent research in this area further deepens this gap.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC), Kansas, MO, USA

    Nash N. Boutros

  2. The Center for Behavioral Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC), 1000 East 24th Street, Kansas, MO, 64108, USA

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Boutros, N.N. (2013). Violence Aggression and Impulse Dyscontrol. In: Standard EEG: A Research Roadmap for Neuropsychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04444-6_9

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