Antisocial Personality Disorder
The research question that I will be discussing is how does antisocial personality disorder affects people. Antisocial personality disorder is one type of personality disorder. The American Psychiatric Association defines antisocial personality disorder as “a pattern of disregarding or violating the rights of others. A person with antisocial personality disorder may not conform to social norms, may repeatedly lie or deceive others, or may act impulsively” (https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/personality-disorders/what-are-personality-disorders). I think that this topic is important to be informed about because not much people are aware of this type of personality disorder. We, as an audience, should …show more content…
Clarke has a chapter about delinquency and antisocial behavior among high risk young people in adolescence (Clarke 165). This chapter talks about the young people from ages eleven to sixteen who are labeled as “high risk or vulnerable to delinquency and antisocial behavior” (165). The high-risk groups listed are children who are “failing in school, in their social life, or in making a successful transition to work” (169). Also, within this chapter, they mention developing ways to intervene for these young people in these age …show more content…
Thomas. She is a sociopath, who is an author, a law professor, a former lawyer, the founder of sociopathworld.com, and a Sunday school teacher. Within her article, that is published within the 2013 May/June issue of Psychology Today she talks about her life as a sociopath. She mentions various scenarios of antisocial personality disorder characteristics within her article. The characteristics that she mentions are lack of remorse, deceitfulness, aggressiveness, and disregard for the safety of others. Within her article, she mentions how she had taken pleasure in doing these things
The research question that I will be discussing is how does antisocial personality disorder affects people. Antisocial personality disorder is one type of personality disorder. The American Psychiatric Association defines antisocial personality disorder as “a pattern of disregarding or violating the rights of others. A person with antisocial personality disorder may not conform to social norms, may repeatedly lie or deceive others, or may act impulsively” (https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/personality-disorders/what-are-personality-disorders). I think that this topic is important to be informed about because not much people are aware of this type of personality disorder. We, as an audience, should …show more content…
Clarke has a chapter about delinquency and antisocial behavior among high risk young people in adolescence (Clarke 165). This chapter talks about the young people from ages eleven to sixteen who are labeled as “high risk or vulnerable to delinquency and antisocial behavior” (165). The high-risk groups listed are children who are “failing in school, in their social life, or in making a successful transition to work” (169). Also, within this chapter, they mention developing ways to intervene for these young people in these age …show more content…
Thomas. She is a sociopath, who is an author, a law professor, a former lawyer, the founder of sociopathworld.com, and a Sunday school teacher. Within her article, that is published within the 2013 May/June issue of Psychology Today she talks about her life as a sociopath. She mentions various scenarios of antisocial personality disorder characteristics within her article. The characteristics that she mentions are lack of remorse, deceitfulness, aggressiveness, and disregard for the safety of others. Within her article, she mentions how she had taken pleasure in doing these things