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Reactive hypoglycemic tendency among arsonists
Author(s) -
Virkkunen M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1984.tb02517.x
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , personality , psychology , poison control , injury prevention , borderline personality disorder , antisocial personality disorder , alcohol abuse , human factors and ergonomics , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , psychiatry , medical emergency , medicine , social psychology
– A reactive hypoglycemic tendency during the glucose tolerance test was connected with fire‐setting behavior. These hypoglycemic arsonists not only fulfilled the criteria for either intermittent explosive disorder or violent antisocial personality, but also those for borderline personality disorder. They seemed to differ from other arsonists in alcohol abuse and behavior during the fire‐setting acts, and, in personality profile in MMPI, also differed from classical violent offenders with intermittent explosive disorder.