Nightcrawler: Antisocial Personality Disorder

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.

ingrained and nonadaptive patterns of behaviors of a unique or specified kind, with the typical age of onset being adolescence or early adulthood. These Personality disorders cause long term difficulties in relationships and ultimately impairs the functioning of the individual. Antisocial Personality disorder falls under the personality disorder category because it is distinguished as a “disregard for and violation of the rights of others” (Psychology Today).

A psychiatric disorder is, as Kristalyn Salters Pedneault defines it, a mental illness diagnosed by a mental health professional that 1.) greatly disturbs your thinking, moods and/or behaviors and 2.) seriously increase your risk of disability, pain, death, or loss of freedom. Will Hunting, in the movie Good Will hunting, suffers from four different psychiatric disorders, such as PTSD( Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), borderline personality disorder, mood disorder, and inferiority complex. What caused the development of all these disorder was the constant abuse that Will’s foster family gave to Will throughout his childhood. Growing up Will felt that he was responsible for the abuse that his foster family gave him, however, when he meets with

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

Antisocial Personality Disorder is a very rare disorder. The criteria to be diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder has been changed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders throughout many years. The rareness of this disorder can be considered beneficial in the world because of the way people diagnosed with it become and what they do to others. Many people diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder find their self in prison. A variety of causes pertain to this disorder. Very few treatments of this disorder seem to work of this that has been tested. Researchers are still working on a better way to treat this disorder. The defense mechanisms associated with antisocial personality disorder are quite common and the same during the course of diagnosis.

To be considered antisocial is to isolate oneself from general social conditions and demonstrate behaviors that deviate from the social societal norm. Antisocial Personality disorder describes an individual that lacks values and habitually violates societal standards in regards to ethics and social behavior. Individuals with this disorder can be described to lack empathy, act impulsively, and have flagrant disregard for other people. It is hard for them to form engage in positive social exchanges or maintain relationships with others. It was only until the early twentieth century that Antisocial Personality disorder was named. Previously, these individuals were categorized as psychopaths due to the thrill-seeking and cunning nature of their actions. Psychopaths have the ability to change their personalities to ultimately get what they desire then revert back to a malicious, egocentric state. When faced with a dangerous adventure, for those with ASPD the choice will always be to peruse the danger. This is due to a constant underlying feeling of restlessness (Nolen-Hoeksema, 2011, p. 272). Although these traits can be deemed “psychopathic” this disorder is not only seen in those who have established themselves as violent criminals, but in those who have established as high-ranking members in society. How can this disorder differentiate itself so starkly within people? Although there are no direct medical test to diagnose this disorder,

Personality disorders are a class of mental disorders. People with mental disorders in general typically have a staggered pattern of thinking, functioning, and behaving. “Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is a mental condition in which a person has a long term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the right of others.” (Berger 2016). In other words, ASPD is a condition where people suffering with the disorder tend to no care about rules or laws, and are likely to act on their impulsiveness to commit a crime.

With the season, sounding the holiday spirit, the movie that I have chosen to analyze a character that depict a personality disorder and, “enduring patterns of experience and behavior that differ greatly from the norm and the expectations of the individual’s social group”, is Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The character’s behavior that I will be examining is the Grinch and the personality disorder that he acquires to exhibit is anti-social personality disorder. Anti-social personality disorder is one of the four disorders consider appearing dramatic, emotional, and unpredictable. As a person with anti-social personality disorder they tend to not care about other people’s feeling showing little remorse, along with aggressive behaviors. Generally, individuals start showing signs of this disorder early on in childhood as early as six years old, and include symptoms of impulsivity, behavioral problems, callous social attitudes, and lack of feeling for others. Antisocial personality disorder implies that the person does not conform to social norms and tend to little or no respect for the law.

Anti-social personality disorder (ASPD) is described as someone who lacks moral or ethical development is unable to follow correct methods of behavior, finds ways to be deceitful, has no qualms in shamelessly manipulating others and tended to have had behavioral problems as a child. According to the DSM-5 only individuals over 18 can be diagnosed with ASPD and the symptoms must have been shown prior to 15. ASPD can be confused with psychopathy and although they have some overlap they are different. ASPD places heavy emphasis on observable behaviors such as lying, getting into fights, or failing to honor financial obligations (Hooley, p.356). With psychopathy, more emphasis is paid to personality characteristics such as superficial charm, lack of empathy, and manipulativeness. It seems that no matter how you look at it ASPD is affected by genes and the environment. The effects and interactions of ASPD that was once seen as simply unidirectional- family to child is now being understood that the effects can be bi directional going both ways.

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.

Ted Bundy is known to be the worst serial killer in U.S. History. In the 1970's, Ted raped and murdered women in at least five different states. Bundy eventually confessed to thirty murders, although the actual total remains unknown. Theodore Robert Bundy was born on November 24th, 1946 in Burlington, Vermont to Eleanor Louise Cowell, a 22 year old single woman. Ted's mom never told him much about his father other than that he was in the armed forces and that they never were really together. Bundy had a difficult childhood and was pretty much an wanted by his mother. After being left in foster care for two months, Eleanor decided to have her parents raise Ted and make him and everyone believe that they were his adopted parents and

Introduction: Antisocial Personality Disorder is defined to be a “pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occurring since age fifteen (APA, 2013). Antisocial Personality Disorder has also been referred to as psychopathy, sociopathy, and less commonly, Dyssocial Personality Disorder. The term “antisocial” indicates the rebellion against society and utter denial of obligations that create the foundation for relationships between people. Antisocial Personality Disorder, being a reoccurring pattern of outright rebellion from the literal and social law, is evident in someone through the presence of some primary symptoms.

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

His personality influences the onset of depression he experiences, as the novel explains “he [Michel] hadn’t been able to adapt. People were different in that regard, it was a matter of temperament.” (Robinson 215) The difference between him and many of the other members of the crew is that he is a typical introvert; he keeps to himself and avoids involvement in many of the issues of debate between others. Analysis of extraverts and introverts shows that introverts’ “negative expectations about ongoing or impending social interaction lead to either social avoidance or feelings of distress and discomfort or both.” (Morris 89) It is natural then, that Michel is not inclined to share his difficulties with any other members of the crew, and struggles to feel like a fully accepted member of their society. His ability to function safely and in relative comfort while on the ship and in Underhill is therefore quite unsatisfactory. Study of interpersonal compatibility has yielded conclusions that express a “need to establish satisfying (personally rewarding) social relationships with others” (Mabry 39) and a “need to maintain satisfying power relations with others, by either dominating (having power) over others, or

Imagine waking up in the morning, believing that one has the right to do what he wants and take what he can, from whomever and wherever. The day will be filled with callous, deceitful, violent, reckless and endangering acts to which one is immune to the pain others may suffer (Antisocial personality part 1, 2000). This is how a person with anti-social personality disorder behaves daily. In this paper, the topic of Anti-social personality disorder, its definitions, causes, symptoms, and treatments will be discussed.