title: [Callous and unemotional--do children have psychopathic features?].
abstract: The essence of psychopathic personality disorder is considered to consist of emotional deviations, the most central ones of which being the lack of feelings of guilt and empathy along with impoverishment of experiencing emotions. The interest in the occurrence of these callous-unemotional features in children and adolescents has increased over the past few years. According to the most recent studies, parental interventions promoting a positive, warm, and attentive parenting and interaction style are effective in the treatment of children having a conduct disorder accompanied by callous-unemotional features.
authors.forename: Taina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Laajasalo
authors.forename: Suvi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saukkonen
authors.forename: Eeva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aronen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010551:Personality