In 1952 antisocial personality disorder, abbreviated ASPD, was classified in the first addition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM) as a sociopathic personality disturbance and that it could merely be considered ‘moral insanity’(Hesse, M. 2010). It wasn’t until the second addition of the DSM came out that it was categorized as it own personality disorder that was to be classified, when being diagnosed, as mild, moderate or severe, but many psychologists didn't accept it at first. In the third DSM, antisocial personality disorder had accumulated a list of symptoms and behaviors to fully differentiate it from other personality disorders (Wikipedia). Now, in the most recent updates of the DSM, it says that the behavioral
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Children may exhibit cruelty to animals, bullying behavior, impulsivity or explosive anger, social isolation and some symptoms may decrease as a person grows older but considering antisocial personality is a lifelong disorder they never truly go away” (MayoClinic). Symptoms that may present themselves through the course of the disorder include a disregard for right and wrong, persistent lying or deceit to exploit others, using charm or wit to manipulate others for personal gain or personal pleasure, intense egocentrism and a sense of superiority and exhibition, recurring difficulties with the law, hostility, significant irritability, agitation, impulsiveness, aggression or violence, a lack of empathy for others and a lack of remorse about harming others, unnecessary risk taking, and a failure to learn from their mistakes (Mayo Clinic). Morgan and Lilienfeld, in a 2000 study found results that suggest “antisociality is associated with a diminished capacity to maintain socially appropriate goal-directed behavior in the face of salient stimuli that activate competing responses” (Zeier, Baskin-Sommers, Newman, Racer. 2011). Although these symptoms may have become pronounce, the individual must be 18 years old in order to be definitively diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. It has been found that …show more content…
A total of eleven studies have been found on the psychosocial treatment of ASPD but only two of those can be considered specifically dealing with ASPD (Hesse, M. 2010). A research focus on the causes of antisocial personality disorder is the impairment of executive function, which is the brain's ability to plan, remember and handle multiple tasks (Executive Function. Harvard University), and “people with executive functioning deficits are less able to override maladaptive response inclinations in order to maintain more appropriate and personally beneficial behavior. Consequently, they are at high risk for persistent rule breaking and committing acts of violence” (Zeier, Baskin-Sommers, Newman, Racer. 2011). Out of the research that has been done on ASPD, a few problems with classification and diagnosing have arised such as, “The shift to describing antisocial behaviours within the broader concept of psychopathy can lead clinicians to make mistakes in two ways: the first is by failing to diagnose clinically relevant, potentially treatable psychopathology, because a patient with serious antisocial behaviour lacks additional features of psychopathy, such as callousness or failure to experience remorse. The second is by wrongly attributing these additional psychopathological features to patients who do not
Children may exhibit cruelty to animals, bullying behavior, impulsivity or explosive anger, social isolation and some symptoms may decrease as a person grows older but considering antisocial personality is a lifelong disorder they never truly go away” (MayoClinic). Symptoms that may present themselves through the course of the disorder include a disregard for right and wrong, persistent lying or deceit to exploit others, using charm or wit to manipulate others for personal gain or personal pleasure, intense egocentrism and a sense of superiority and exhibition, recurring difficulties with the law, hostility, significant irritability, agitation, impulsiveness, aggression or violence, a lack of empathy for others and a lack of remorse about harming others, unnecessary risk taking, and a failure to learn from their mistakes (Mayo Clinic). Morgan and Lilienfeld, in a 2000 study found results that suggest “antisociality is associated with a diminished capacity to maintain socially appropriate goal-directed behavior in the face of salient stimuli that activate competing responses” (Zeier, Baskin-Sommers, Newman, Racer. 2011). Although these symptoms may have become pronounce, the individual must be 18 years old in order to be definitively diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. It has been found that …show more content…
A total of eleven studies have been found on the psychosocial treatment of ASPD but only two of those can be considered specifically dealing with ASPD (Hesse, M. 2010). A research focus on the causes of antisocial personality disorder is the impairment of executive function, which is the brain's ability to plan, remember and handle multiple tasks (Executive Function. Harvard University), and “people with executive functioning deficits are less able to override maladaptive response inclinations in order to maintain more appropriate and personally beneficial behavior. Consequently, they are at high risk for persistent rule breaking and committing acts of violence” (Zeier, Baskin-Sommers, Newman, Racer. 2011). Out of the research that has been done on ASPD, a few problems with classification and diagnosing have arised such as, “The shift to describing antisocial behaviours within the broader concept of psychopathy can lead clinicians to make mistakes in two ways: the first is by failing to diagnose clinically relevant, potentially treatable psychopathology, because a patient with serious antisocial behaviour lacks additional features of psychopathy, such as callousness or failure to experience remorse. The second is by wrongly attributing these additional psychopathological features to patients who do not