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Platelet monoamine oxidase activity and psychopathy |
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| Authors: | L Lidberg I Modin L Oreland J R Tuck A Gillner |
| Institution: | 1. Lars Lidberg, M.D., is Professor; Ingrid Modin is Medical Nurse; J. Richard Tuck, M.D., is Associate Professor; and Anders Gillner, B.A., is Research Psychologist, Department of Social and Forensic Psychiatry, Karolinska Institute, Box 4044, S-141 04 Huddinge, Sweden;2. Lars Oreland, M.D., is Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 33031, S-40033 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Abstract: | Platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity appears to be correlated to certain diagnostic subgroups and symptom patterns. A group of criminal offenders hospitalized for forensic psychiatric assessment were studied. Male nurses and construction workers were used as controls. Patients who were diagnosed as psychopaths according to the criteria of Cleckley had significantly lower platelet MAO activity than the control group of construction workers. |
| Keywords: | Monoamine oxidase psychopathy antisocial behavior |
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