Antisocial Personality Disorder Case Study

Antisocial personality disorder is a disregard for others rights and violating theses rights. This disorder starts as a child to people who carry this disorder portray the characteristics of irritability, aggressiveness, lack of remorse, and irresponsibility. A psychopath falls under the umbrella of antisocial personality disorders. A psychopath is a person with a personality disorders which is inherited from their parents at birth. Flashes of these inherited factors show and happen in the child upbringing this includes torture animals at a young age, playing weird dark games as a kid, or ripping heads of toys. A perfect example of a Psychopath is Edmund Kemper. A man who showed his psychopath tendencies at a young age that grew into to him becoming a serial killer.

Antisocial personality disorder is “a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.” (National Institute of Mental Health, 2007). It is often characterized by blatant inattention to social norms and laws, pathological lying, putting others at risk for personal benefit, and an obvious lack of remorse (NIMH, 2007). One of the most notorious people with this disorder is Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer and necrophiliac whose sexual nature and gruesome offenses captured the nation’s attention (Talbott, n.d.). This paper will attempt to provide an overview of Dahmer’s life, as well as explain how both nature and nurture played roles in not only the production of a criminal, but also in the personality of all people.

Nightcrawler is a film that released in late 2014. The movie was directed by Dan Gilroy and was also his directorial debut. Since the release, the movie has been a hit and has attracted many viewers across the globe. Nightcralwer stars Jake Gyllenhaal playing as Louis Bloom along with co-star, Rene Russo playing as Nina. The movie takes place in the busy streets of Los Angeles California where Bloom stumbles into a new career as a cameraman. After purchasing a cheap camera and a police scanner, Louis spends every night racing crime scene to crime scene to get a hold of the best footage in Los Angeles and creates a business by selling his footage to news channels. He later hires Rick, a young unemployed man to work with him. As the movie develops Louis’ character changes both physically and mentally.

Jeffrey Dahmer, also commonly known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, is one of America’s most notorious serial killers. In the span of nearly 15 years, between the years 1978 and 1991, it is estimated that Dahmer was responsible for the death of fifteen to seventeen young men (Radford University). As his nickname suggests Dahmer was known for drugging his victims, then raping them, then disembodying them, and if the mood fit him, cooking and eating his victims. Dahmer’s unique case resulted in him being psychologically analyzed and diagnosed by at least seven different psychologists during his trial (Palermo & Bogaerts, 2014). This paper seeks to explore the diagnostics given to Jeffery Dahmer and prove, through the use of available information, their accuracy.

Certain individuals in our society display a certain pattern of disregard and violation for the rights of others by engaging in deceitful, aggressive, and antisocial behaviors. These people generally exhibit a lifelong pattern of unsocialized and irresponsible behavior, along with little to no regard for the safety of themselves or others. These abnormal behaviors are distinct features of antisocial personality disorder, of which most can be labeled as psychopathy, and are exemplified through the characteristic qualities of Frank Abagnale Jr. in the film, Catch Me if You Can. By exploring the character of Frank Abagnale throughout the film, the gradual development of antisocial personality disorder can be seen manifesting in response to one

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     While there have been no outwardly successful treatments for Antisocial Personality Disorder, many of the disorders’ individuals never seek treatment alone, as they see no reason to conform to the rules of society with which they find no satisfaction. Instead, the individual will be prompted by his family or friends, or will be forced by a court system to seek treatment, and then will usually comply, and will consent to treatment. Much of the recent treatment for Antisocial Personality Disorder has been behavioral, and has not been based around biological or medicinal findings.

As defined by the American Psychiatric Association (2013), individuals diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) exhibit “a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. Individuals, both with and without ASPD, often find themselves facing stiff consequences when they break the law by violating the rights of others. The propensity of individuals with ASPD to break such laws is one possible explanation for the prevalence of ASPD increasing from a range of 0.2% to 3.3% in the general population to 47% in prisons (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Fazel & Danesh, 2002). With such a disparity between the general and prison prevalence of ASPD, it is clear that society is adroit in isolating the undesired behaviors of individuals with ASPD; however, society also has a responsibility to protect the rights of those diagnosed with a bonafide illness. If ASPD is the cause of an individual’s incarceration, then their successful reintegration into society relies on treating the underlying diagnosis, and in order to do that, it is important to understand the neurobiological foundations of ASPD.

This paper will discuss the Cluster B personality disorder known as antisocial personality disorder. More specifically, it will attempt to explain various theories formulated about the difference in prevalence in male and female populations and why men are so much more likely to receive a diagnosis.

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), opposition defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD) are three distinct disorders based upon their respective diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5. If ODD and CD were mild forms of ASPD, then there would need to be causal relationship between the childhood manifestations of ODD and CD and the adult manifestation of ASPD. There is evidence of comorbidity between ODD and CD, and also evidence to suggest that children diagnosed with these disorders may go on to develop ASPD later in life; however, correlation does not equal causation. The three disorders have subtle but important differences in their associated behaviors, underlying causes, treatment outcomes, and neurological signs.

Harris met up with Jack’s mother, she had not only discovered that his mother was not ill, but that she had put him out due to his inability to stop stealing from her and her husband. Jack’s mother listed many of Jack’s life situations but some of the examples included stealing, lying, and the development of inappropriate relationships. Jack started to initiate the behavior associated with antisocial personality disorder when he was a just a pre teenager when he started to steal jewelry. As time progressed it seemed as if he was getting caught doing the most sillies things and taking anything he could potentially get his hands on. Eventually he started to steal cars and getting more jail time for his crimes. He also had been married a couple of times, not for love and attraction, but merely for his personal gain for sex. It is also suggested that people who have developed this disorder from the biological perspective had developed a number of brain structural abnormalities, such as deficits in the frontal gray matter and an increase in size of the corpus callosum. This disorder is hereditary and the risk can be just the same for males and females but in most cases at higher risks for the females. Countless people who also have this disorder may also have developed substance related disorders as

Introduction The purpose of this study is to compare and contrast the constructs of psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder. The aim is to highlight whether the terms psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder reflect the same construct or whether they differ. Furthermore, recommendations for treatment of criminal behavior will be explored. For the purposes of this evaluation some definitions need to be highlighted: Criminal offence is an act that breaks a law, which relates how to behave in society. The harm caused by the act is seen to be against society as a whole, not just a specific person. Sometimes it refers to the specific law that was broken (Herring, 2009). Crime is the breach of rules or law for which some authority

This paper explores articles and information that describe, assess and offer theories and treatments regarding antisocial personality disorder.

Antisocial personality disorder is one of the hardest mental disorders to treat. Treatment is long term and may better the situation but the disorder will not be cured. It is also very rare for an individual with ASPD to seek help for themselves due to their denial of symptoms. Oftentimes, help is only sought if the individual is in legal

The treatment of antisocial personality disorder and juvenile delinquency can be challenging because of the type of clients the therapist will assist. Daum stated that when dealing with clients with antisocial personality disorder, it is essential to remember that these individuals have awareness deprivation connected to their conduct and lack the drive that they need to change (as cited in Kaylor, 1999, p. 254). These individuals undergo treatment unwillingly, due to external factors such as the court system or family members but some individuals actually desire treatment (Kaylor, 1999, p. 254). The most effective way for treatment to occur is in standardized group settings that are organized with only clients with antisocial personality disorder and two therapists among them to reduce the chance of guile and exploitation from