...Antisocial personality disorder From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Asociality, Antisocial behavior, Avoidant personality disorder, or Schizoid personality disorder. "ASPD" redirects here. For the sleep disorder, see Advanced sleep phase disorder. For the former trade union, see Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators. Antisocial personality disorder Classification and external resources ICD-10 F60.2 ICD-9 301.7 MedlinePlus 000921 Patient UK Antisocial personality disorder MeSH D000987 Personality disorders Cluster A (odd) Paranoid Schizoid Schizotypal Cluster B (dramatic) Antisocial Borderline Histrionic Narcissistic Cluster C (anxious) Avoidant Dependent Obsessive–compulsive Not specified Depressive Passive-aggressive Sadistic Self-defeating Psychopathy v t e Antisocial (or dissocial) personality disorder is characterized by a lack of empathy or remorse and a pervasive pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others. There may be an impoverished moral sense or conscience and a history of crime, legal problems, and impulsive and aggressive behavior. Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is the name of the disorder as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). Dissocial personality disorder is the name of a similar or equivalent concept defined in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), where it states that the diagnosis includes antisocial...
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...Antisocial Personality Disorder According to the DSM-14-TR, Antisocial personality disorder can be defined as, a pervasive pattern of disregard and violation of the rights of other individuals starting from childhood or adolescence and continues through adulthood. A person with Antisocial Personality Disorder usually tends to have no remorse for criminal or disorderly actions, may be deceitful, often lie, steal, and often violate rules that may result in arrest. People with Antisocial Personality Disorder may also have problems with irresponsibility with holding a job, having financial difficulties, properly caring for a child, or neglecting to keep up with child support. “Prevalence of ASPD In community samples are about 3 percent in males and only 1 percent in females, prevalence estimates within clinical settings have varied from 3 percent to 30 percent, depending on predominant characteristics of the sampled population” (DSM-IV-TR). Although higher prevalence rates occur with substance abusers, people admitted with a substance related disorder cannot be diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder unless the signs of it were present as a child. If the substance abuse also occurred during childhood, then both substance abuse disorder and Antisocial personality disorder should be diagnosed (DSM-IV-TR). A study performed by Catherine F. Lewis, M.D., examined the relationship between violent behavior, substance abuse and dependence in 41 incarcerated women diagnosed...
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...article is Assessing Personality in the DSM-5: The Utility of Bipolar Constructs. The second is Predicting the Behavior of Offenders with Personality Disorder: Issues for Investigative Psychology. The last article is Interactions between Bipolar Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder in Trait Impulsivity and Severity of Illness. All articles have something to do with personality disorders. The article Assessing Personality in the DSM-5: The utility of Bipolar Constructs was written by Douglas B. Samuel. The 8 page article was published by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This article was about the DSM-5 labeling the personality disorders as categorical constructs. Most of the categorical labels can provide relatively straightforward and rapid communication about a person. These types of categories will lead to more stimulating research and generate specific treatment recommendations. There are some disadvantages to the categorical approach including the excessive diagnostic co occurrence, inadequate coverage, excessive heterogeneity within the categories, lack of meaningful or well-validated boundary between normal and disordered personality, and dissatisfaction among the clinicians who use it. The article researched the benefits of a unipolar model. They pointed out one hazard of the unipolar model if the failure to appreciate the potential for maladaptivity at the opposite end of a given trait. The purpose of the research of personality disorders is to take a historic...
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...Antisocial Personality Disorder Samantha D. Pearson Jefferson Davis Community College September 30, 2015 Introduction Antisocial personality disorder, also known as ASPD, is a type of chronic mental condition in which a person's ways of thinking, perceiving situations and relating to others are dysfunctional — and destructive. ("Antisocial Personality Disorder." - Mayo Clinic. Web. 28 Sept. 2015.) People with antisocial personality disorder typically have no regard for right and wrong and often disregard the rights, wishes and feelings of others. ("Antisocial Personality Disorder." - Mayo Clinic. Web. 28 Sept. 2015.) There are 200,000 to 3 million ASPD cases documented in the US every year. (Web. 29 Sept. 2015.)...
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...for a personality disorder diagnosis. For this assignment, I have chosen Dr. Gregory House from the TV series “ House”. In this particular show, Dr. House provides diagnostic medical treatments for patients. He takes pride in making the appropriate diagnosis and treatments to the point that it effects his relationships with others and his personality. Dr. House has an extensive history of hardships in relationships with family and personal relationships. He has an extensive prescription drug habit that started earlier in his life and helped lead to the demise and failure of his marriage. In his profession as a doctor he is disliked by many for his mannerisms, demeanor and to some his lack of ethical practice. During the series Dr. House takes pride in his work to the fact that he can not let a patient go undiagnosed. House often becomes preoccupied with attempting to find the perfect diagnosis or demanding of his staff members. In some cases, his desire to find he diagnosis leads to a loss in his productivity. House also sets high standards for himself as well as his staff members. For example, House prides himself with knowing that only one patient has died while in his care that was undiagnosed and her diagnosis remained unknown for quite sometime. In fact House used another patient and her symptoms to diagnose that patient and save his life. House exhibits symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder as we see above. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is known...
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...Antisocial Personality Disorder: Affecting Families & Children Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is perhaps the most imperative personality disorder, in terms of its societal impact as well as its perpetuation to cause severe psychological, legal, and safety issues. “Antisocial personality disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others” (www.mentalhealth.gov). Sociopathy was an earlier term often used to describe an individual with the traits that indicate antisocial personality disorder. These characteristics include impulsive behavior, aggression, inability to respect authority, consistent immoral behavior with negative consequences (even...
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...Antisocial personality disorder From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Not to be confused with Asociality, Antisocial behavior, Avoidant personality disorder, or Schizoid personality disorder. "ASPD" redirects here. For the sleep disorder, see Advanced sleep phase disorder. For the former trade union, see Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators. Antisocial personality disorder | Classification and external resources | ICD-10 | F60.2 | ICD-9 | 301.7 | MedlinePlus | 000921 | MeSH | D000987 | Personality disorders | Cluster A (odd) | * Paranoid * Schizoid * Schizotypal | Cluster B (dramatic) | * Antisocial * Borderline * Histrionic * Narcissistic | Cluster C (anxious) | * Avoidant * Dependent * Obsessive–compulsive | Not specified | * Depressive * Passive-aggressive * Sadistic * Self-defeating | * v * t * e | Antisocial (Dissocial) Personality Disorder is a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. There may be an impoverished moral sense or conscience and a history of crime, legal problems, impulsive and aggressive behavior. The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems' (ICD)...
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...Antisocial Personality Disorder I. Antisocial personality disorder is a personality disorder characterized by an extreme lack of respect for the rights of others, apparent lacking of ethical principals, irresponsible behavior without regard for consequences, deceitfulness, and quite often history of criminal activity. A. Victims of this disorder were formerly known as socio- and/or psychopaths. B. Victims are most often male and must display signs of the disorder before the age of 15 to be diagnosed as ASPD. C. Nearly half of all people diagnosed as ASPD have been convicted of criminal offenses. II. ASPD is characterized by little or no sense of conscience and no concern for the safety of one’s self or others making its victims dangerous and usually nonfunctioning members of society. (Howard, Richard) A. Emotional 1. People with ASPD often lack empathy and cannot relate to the feelings of others. 2. Remorse is absent in ASPD sufferers and they will often justify deceitful and criminal acts on others to themselves. (Myers, David G.) 3. Despite lacking the ability to empathize with others people with ASPD can often be quite cunning and use charm to deceive others for their personal gain. B. Behavioral 1. ASPD sufferers act impulsively and without regard to consequences. 2. ASPD has a higher association with drug/alcohol abuse then any other personality disorder. 3. Their impulsiveness and lack of remorse make those with ASPD very likely to commit...
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...Antisocial Personality Disorder The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) lists 10 major disorders and grouped them based on the nature of the symptoms. There is Class A, odd or eccentric disorders, within this category fit Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal Personality Disorder. A generalization for this class could be that the disorder is rooted within their mind whether that means distancing themselves from others because they would rather be alone or that they deeply mistrust people. Class B disorders are known as Dramatic, emotional, or erratic disorders. This is the class where Antisocial personality disorder fits in. What I see in this grouping is disorders that rely on other people in such a way where the person with the disorder “feeds” off of the reactions he gets from his actions. Finally there is Class C, the anxious or fearful disorders such as OCPD, Dependent, or Avoidant Personality Disorder. The one I’m going to focus on however is the Antisocial (Psychopath) Personality Disorder. This disorder is described as “a disregard for and violation of the rights of others” (Psychology One) or in other words a person who doesn’t care about what effects his actions might have on others. Some things they might do are break laws, frequent lying, starting fights, lack of guilt or remorse, and not taking personal responsibility. “The Personality Puzzle” adds that, “when deceit and manipulation become core aspects of an individual’s way of dealing...
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...2015 Abstract Psychopathic and sociopathic general characteristic traits are found in both genders in various populations. More research on the general characteristic traits of females is needed. Research for the female populations will give professionals information about the differences displayed between genders. Different applied sciences will also further their knowledge in treatment options for either tendency. The study used explored if any differences existed between genders with intensified levels of psychopathic traits in regard to psychopathy factor scores. The sample consisted of 2,500 people of both genders (52.6% women) (M=22.15; SD=1.38) from the generalized population, aged 20-24. Results displayed women with psychopathic personality traits had significantly higher levels of behavioral tendencies than men of the same. The genders did display a difference in aggressive behavior. The men showed a significant amount of aggressive behaviors compared to the women. The gender differences displayed in the seven psychopathic features show the variations needed for treatment options. Differences and Similarities in Generalized Characteristic Traits among Genders: The Sociopath and Psychopath by Evelyn J. Dotson MS, University of Phoenix, 2015 Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science Psychology University of Phoenix March, 2015 Dedication I would like to dedicate this thesis to my academic counselor...
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...Description of the selected disorder Antisocial personality disorder is a personality disorder code 301.7. Antisocial personality disorder is an Axis II: Developmental and Personality disorder. (DSM-IV-TR, 2011)The DSM-IV says Personality disorders are clinical syndromes that have long lasting symptoms and have a significant effect on how a person lives. Axis II includes Paranoia, Antisocial, and Borderline Personality Disorders. (DSM-IV-TR, 2011) The DSM-IV groups the 11 personality disorders into three clusters based on common characteristics. Antisocial falls into cluster B. The common characteristics of this cluster are: “dramatic, emotional and erratic.”(Sadock& Sadock, 2002, p. 775) The other personality disorders that are categorized in this cluster are: Borderline, Histrionic and Narcissistic. A person with antisocial personality disorder will, disregard and violate the rights of others and show no remorse. They will be deceitful, aggressive, irresponsible and unsocialized. A person with antisocial personality disorder as a child will steal, harm animals, start fires, and most likely get in trouble in school. A lot of times the student ends up expelled. Into adult hood this person cannot hold down a job or maintain a healthy relationship; the person will be incarcerated for petty crimes, but also violent crimes with no regard for authority or rules. A person with antisocial personality disorder will think there is nothing wrong with them, but blame everyone for his...
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...impulsivity, lack of remorse and empathy, superficial, doesn’t accept responsibility, poor behavioral controls, lack of goals, grandiose, deceitful and adolescent and adults anti-social behavior (Hare, 2000) These characteristics do not relate to criminal behavior but some of characteristics do make the people more willing to commit crime these features are also seen as related to Anti-social personality disorder. The criteria in the diagnosis...
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...their killer and may serve as a symbol that triggers the attack. In other words, a serial killer's motive tends to be psychological, not material. Understanding what goes on — or gets turned off — in a serial killer's mind is the ultimate goal of scientists who specialize in this area of psychology. You might think the field is relatively new, but it dates back to at least the 19th century, when psychologists tried to develop a profile of the mysterious and elusive Jack the Ripper. Antisocial Personality Disorder vs. Psychopathy Mental health professionals use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), developed by the American Psychiatric Association, to understand the illnesses of their patients and how to treat them. The DSM doesn't list serial murder among the 300 known mental disorders catalogued in its pages. It does, however, describe antisocial personality disorder, or ASPD. It's this condition that describes the behavior of many serial killers. To understand ASPD, it helps to review the DSM criteria used to diagnose it. The most obvious indicator of the...
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...Introduction: The term “Antisocial Personality Disorder” was preceded by a number of others that stem from the early nineteenth century. Prichard (1835) introduced the concept of “Moral Insanity” to designate criminals who manifested an absence of control and ethical sense. A morally insane individual was considered to have an impaired intellect but to be nevertheless, incapable of “conducting himself with decency and propriety”. Some decades later the concept of “constitutional psychotic inferiority” was introduced. It was based on the unproved assumption that a severe type of impulsive, antisocial behavior disorder could only occur if the individual had a constitutional defect of the nervous system. In the first half of the present century the term “Psychopathic Personality” came into widespread used in the United States and is still frequently employed. A psychopath is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a “Person whose behavior is predominantly amoral or antisocial and characterized by impulsive, irresponsible actions satisfying only immediate and narcissistic interests, without concern for obvious and implicit social consequences, accompanied with minimal outward evidence of anxiety and guilt.” Most of these terms and concepts are plagued by confusion in the criteria used to define them. In part, the concepts are defined by a social criterion but in larger part they are defined negatively, by exclusion: moral insanity and psychopathy designates those social...
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...The Sanity of a Sane Doctor Abstract Suffering from antisocial personality disorder, with an intellectual barrier, no one could break, Hannibal “The cannibal” Lecter will be my patient, I will observe his behavior and try to give an assessment. Through an observation approach, the collected data will consist of, behavior that was observed directly, while indirectly collecting information about the patient, and the consideration of the biological variables that can be observed via advanced technology methods. The purpose of this assessment is to find plausible causes, and possible distal and proximal factors that could be contributors to his behavior. This is the classification of the disorder, not my patient. The suffering, maladaptive, irrationality and unpredictability are certain elements contributing to this abnormality. Mainly focusing on his adolescent years, the contributors in his adult life will not be ignored, focusing on the root of his behavior and trying to manage his irregular manic episodes. Defining exactly what antisocial personality disorder is, with the goal of providing treatment based on theories and/or other doctoral research. Through this method I will answer the questions, When? How? And Why? The Sanity of a Sane Doctor, and the Possible Treatments The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success - Bruce Feirstein. Antisocial personality disorder is a mental condition in which a person has a long-term pattern...
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