This article provides a comprehensive review of the research on the use of callous and
unemotional (CU) traits for designating an important subgroup of children and adolescents …

Despite increasing empirical and theoretical work on empathy, particularly on the content of
empathic representations, there is a relative lack of consensus regarding the information …

Despite long-standing interest in the influence of adverse early experiences on mental
health, systematic scientific inquiry into childhood adversity and developmental outcomes …

Conduct disorder is a childhood behaviour disorder that is characterized by persistent
aggressive or antisocial behaviour that disrupts the child's environment and impairs his or …

Recent research has suggested that the presence of significant levels of callous‐
unemotional (CU) traits designates a clinically important and etiologically distinct subgroup …

Mental health problems in children and adolescents include several types of emotional and
behavioural disorders, including disruptive, depression, anxiety and pervasive …

Importance A large number of structural neuroimaging studies have used voxel-based
morphometry (VBM) to identify gray matter abnormalities in youths with conduct problems …

Objective In children with conduct problems, high levels of callous-unemotional traits are
associated with amygdala hypoactivity to consciously perceived fear, while low levels of …

Background Psychopathic traits are associated with increases in antisocial behaviors such
as aggression and are characterized by reduced empathy for others' distress. This suggests …

Importance Among youths with conduct problems, callous-unemotional (CU) traits are
known to be an important determinant of symptom severity, prognosis, and treatment …