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    Antisocial personality disorder is not a new phenomena. For centuries, people both rich and poor, successful, unsuccessful, praised and despised could be diagnosed as being a sociopath. Antisocial personality disorder 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. There are two major types of psychological disorders. Antisocial personality disorder and Borderline personality disorder. They

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    Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) is a crippling personality disorder that causes distress for those with the diagnosis, along with others surrounding them. Characterized by a chronic tendency to break laws, social norms, and violate rights of others extending across a variety of environments and carrying into adulthood from a prior history of Conduct Disorder, APD places those affected and others at a severe risk for loss of life, property, and health. There is a commonly documented portrayal

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    Antisocial Personality Disorder and Incarcerated Individuals Long-term patterns of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others are qualities that are often related to criminal behavior. This is a mental condition that is defined as Antisocial Personality Disorder by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Antisocial Personality Disorder, or otherwise known as ASPD, is a disorder that fits into two essential categories: psychopathy and sociopathy. ASPD can be caused by many deformations

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    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

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    Some studies have investigated the effect of childhood experiences of those who suffer from BPD on the quality of their current romantic relationships. In the article "Features of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Perceived Childhood Emotional Invalidation, and Dysfunction Within Current Romantic Relationships" by Edward A. Selby, Scott R. Braithwaite, Thomas E. Joiner Jr., and Frank D. Finchham (2008) the relationship between features of BPD and current romantic relationship dysfunction is

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    1. DSM-5 Diagnosis a. Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)- DSM-5 301.7 (F60.2) Ruling out Alcohol Use Disorder- DSM-5 305.00 (F10.10) Mild Cannabis Use Disorder-DSM-5 305.20 (F12.10) Mild b. Justification Based on the description of Peter’s symptomatology, the appropriate diagnosis is Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD). As indicated by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) (2013). As described by Peter, his physical injuries are a broken nose

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    In the past, victims of mental illness have continued to be exploited, abused, and stigmatized. Often misunderstood, individuals suffering from behavioral, personality, mood, and other disabling psychiatric disorders have been the target of infamous horror films, needless imprisonment, and despicable medical and psychiatric institutions. For those of us with mental illnesses, this has created an environment catering to a series of hopeless, paranoid, lonely, and disparaging emotions; stunting their

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    The Chin has numerous qualities to its personality and temperament. This breed is usually cheerful, intelligent, affable and loving. Though they handle being alone by themselves, they shouldn’t be left for long periods of time. Their desire for affection and companionship may result in separation anxiety. Chins are declared as talkative for their “singing”, but don’t bark continuously (Your Purebred Puppy). This is usually done with the arrival of company. The breed is also known to be cautious and

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    health disorder called "Antisocial Personality Disorder" (ASPD). Most of these professionals will agree that much more attention should be given to this matter since it can have fatal outcomes. The public and the media eye alike, might not realize the serious impact that this mental disorder can have on the general public. This literature review will examine what ASPD is, symptoms, possible causes, diagnosis, treatment, and how the public eye views this matter. Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)

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    Scrutinized personality disorders on 138 patients over a six year period in a secure facility according to (Alexander, T. R. et al. 2010) questioned whether clinical comparison in offenders " is it possible to diagnose personality disorders in people across the whole range of ID, that is, from mild to profound disabilities” (p. 651) and vice versa is it possible to have the entire range of personality disorder in persons with ID diagnosed, statistically no, "experimental difficulties are infinite

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