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Conduct disorder – psychiatry's greatest opportunity for prevention

A commentary on ‘From conduct disorder to severe mental illness: associations with aggressive behaviour, crime and victimization’ by Hodgins et al. (2007)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

M. Harley ,
A. Murtagh  and
M. Cannon
M. Harley*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
A. Murtagh
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Children's Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
M. Cannon
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
*
*Address for correspondence: Dr M. Harley, Department of Psychiatry, RCSI, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland. (Email: [email protected])
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Conduct disordermental disordersviolence
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 38 , Issue 7 , July 2008 , pp. 929 - 931
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