Aggression is a social behavior essential for securing resources and defending oneself and
family. Thanks to its indispensable function in competition and thus survival, aggression …

Aggression and violence represent a significant public health concern and a clinical
challenge for the mental healthcare provider. A great deal has been revealed regarding the …

Cultivation of mindfulness, the nonjudgmental awareness of experiences in the present
moment, produces beneficial effects on well-being and ameliorates psychiatric and stress …

Although irritability is among the most common reasons that children and adolescents are
brought for psychiatric care, there are few effective treatments. Developmentally sensitive …

Childhood poverty has pervasive negative physical and psychological health sequelae in
adulthood. Exposure to chronic stressors may be one underlying mechanism for childhood …

Conduct Disorder and Callous–Unemotional Traits in Youth | New England Journal of Medicine
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Background: Most of our social interactions involve perception of emotional information from
the faces of other people. Furthermore, such emotional processes are thought to be aberrant …

Stress has significant adverse effects on health and is a risk factor for many illnesses.
Neurobiological studies have implicated the amygdala as a brain structure crucial in stress …

Brain-imaging studies suggest that antisocial and violent behavior is associated with
structural and functional deficits in the prefrontal cortex, but there is heterogeneity in findings …

Successful control of affect partly depends on the capacity to modulate negative emotional
responses through the use of cognitive strategies (ie, reappraisal). Recent studies suggest …