Overview of 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.

Most people with Antisocial Personality disorder have been known to partake in deviant activities or behavior as children. These deviant behaviors and activities can be traced back to the conduct disorder. Conduct disorder is similar to

This article tries to sum up the causes of Antisocial Personality Disorder. Though, researchers have not found an exact cause of Antisocial Personality Disorder (Martens, 2000). Antisocial Personality Disorder is known to be directed toward specific behaviors and criminal act instead of looking at personality traits and psychopathological aspects (Martens, 2000). People that develop Antisocial Personality Disorder are more likely to suffer from substance abuse disorder, anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia (Martens, 2000). Researchers have done different studies especially with brain injuries, which could trigger

     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.

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.

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) also known as sociopathy, is described as showing no regard for other people and their rights, acts based off of this disorder are often criminal.

Peter has demonstrated deviant and criminal behaviors by utilizing assumed names, burglary of other individuals ' property, exhibits no remorse for his violation of others property and/or feelings. He also does not have the capacity to be self-supporting. This is evident by Peter 's partner, Wendy, who believed Peter’s assertion that he was an independent computer consultant and an Ivy League graduate. She later discovered Peter was a high school dropout and a Gulf War veteran.

Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) has prevalence rating of about 2 to 4% in men and about 0.5 to 1% in women (Black, 2015). Conversely, it is hypothesized that about 1% of individuals have psychopathy (Ogloff, 2006). Within this paper, the differences and similarities of these two terms will be discussed. Firstly, ASPD and psychopathy will be defined and the history and practical use will be discussed. In addition, there will be an examination of the criminal aspects of psychopathy and ASPD. Furthermore, a scrutiny over how assessing the risks of reoffending for both conditions will take place. Lastly, the treatment differences and similarities will be revealed.

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.

Antisocial Personality Disorder is commonly found in but not limited to people who are victims of child abuse. A person with (APD) will display poor social conformity, deceitfulness, impulsivity, aggressiveness, irresponsibility, lack of remorse, and criminality. Studies prove that child maltreatment has been attributed to APD.(Krastins p.142-143) Antisocial behavior usually begins in early childhood during the time when the behavior of a child is affected by their environment and a putative Diagnostic-developmental pathway is drawn from oppositional defiant behavior to connect the disorder to APD. Male victims of abuse are two to eight times more likely to be diagnosed with APD than female victims of abuse. People with this comorbid disorder, most frequently have substance abuse issue, depression, and anxiety. (Krastins p.143) A lack of parent bonding has been related to the development of APD as well. A large amount of abusive homes that have children with abusive and neglectful parents don’t form normal secure attachments with their children during their child’s childhood and they never become develop once the child enters into adulthood so this negatively affects their social development.

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

(Long, n.d.). Antisocial personality disorders normally show up in a person’s life in early childhood to teen years, from the point on the person usually has this disorder all the way into the adult years.

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

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.