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... , these may include conduct disorder in aclolescents, isolated or intermittent explosive disorder in adults, parent-child problem in certain cases of child abuse, dementia, schizophrenia, alcohol and substance abuse, depression, mania, antisocial personality disorder, mental retardation, and attentioncleficit disorder. Several neurological diseases feature in their symptomatology violent or pathological aggressive behavior; most noteworthy are aggressive and violent outbursts in some patients with Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, Down's syndrome, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, epilepsy, and limbic as well as hypothalamic tumors {see Mirsky and Siegel, in this volume!
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  • aggressive behavior
  • brain stimulation
  • affective defense
  • maternal aggression
  • animal aggression

  • personality disorder


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