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Insulin Secretion during the Glucose Tolerance Test in Antisocial Personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Matti Virkkunen
Matti Virkkunen*
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Psychiatric Clinic, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
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Summary

In 23 young male adults with antisocial personality, mostly guilty of violent crimes, insulin measurements during the glucose tolerance test showed an enhanced insulin secretion only in those with unsocialized aggressive conduct disorder. The hypothesis that in antisocial personality there are at least two aetiologically different groups is supported.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 6 , June 1983 , pp. 598 - 604
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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