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Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2011
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2015
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2015
Omega-3
Omega-3 supplement is a highly concentrated fish oil brain booster supplement that helps compensate for the neurocognitive and brain dysfunction which acts as a predisposition to antisocial and violent behaviour. Individuals with antisocial personality disorder have been found to show an 11% reduction in gray matter in the prefrontal cortex (Raine et al. 2001), and structural prefrontal impairments are hypothesised to result in disinhibition of limbic subcortical structures that give rise to aggressive behaviour. Omega-3 (specifically DHA) is known to play a key role in neuronal structure and function.
Placebo Capsules
Children in this group will be given two placebo capsules twice daily; at breakfast and at the evening meal for a total period of 6 months.
Yale-NUS College
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