The British Journal of Psychiatry (2007) 191: 265. doi: 10.1192/bjp.191.3.265
© 2007 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Correspondence

Callous–unemotional traits and autistic psychopathy

M. F. Fitzgerald

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Email: Fitzi{at}iol.ie

EDITED BY KIRIAKOS XENITIDIS and COLIN CAMPBELL

Viding et al (2007) made no reference to autistic psychopathy (Asperger, 1944) nor did any of the other papers in Supplement 49 on assessment risk and outcome in severe personality disorder. The severe unempathic conduct and aggression problems were well recognised by Asperger (1944) and overlap with what Viding et al (2007) describe as `more severe, aggressive, and stable pattern of antisocial behaviour and a specific neurocognitive profile indicative of defects in affect processing'. This is precisely what children (and adults) with autistic psychopathy and antisocial behaviour demonstrate (Fitzgerald, 2001, 2003).

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  3. Fitzgerald, M. (2003) Callous-unemotional traits and Asperger's syndrome? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 1011.[CrossRef][Medline]
  4. Viding, E., Frick, P. J. & Plomin, R. (2007) Aetiology of the relationship between callous–unemotional traits and conduct problems in childhood. British Journal of Psychiatry, 190 (suppl. 49), s33 -s38.[Abstract/Free Full Text]




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