Charles Manson once said, “remorse for what? You people have done everything in the world to me. Doesn’t that give me equal right.” this quote is similar to what a sociopath would say. A sociopath is an individual with a personality disorder. This disorder displays itself with extreme antisocial attitudes, behavior, and a lack of conscience. Sociopaths and psychopaths are both interchangeable and are both considered to be social predators. Although sociopathy seems to portray itself as mad, it is a treatable disorder due to our knowledge of biological and psychological roots, typical patterns, and forms of treatment.
Sociopathy comes with many cause factors; some sociopathy causes are known to be biological as well as environmental. Scientist …show more content…
The typical treatment used for sociopathy is geared towards the antisocial personality disorder symptoms. Psychotherapy is the treatment mostly used. Psychotherapy mainly focuses on behavior change and skill-building, they are prominent with this disorder says the article “What are treatments for a sociopath?”. Even though sociopaths are able to go to therapy and attempt to better themselves, they lack emotional depth. That is why psychotherapists mainly focus on social development. To help them seep out of their antisocial shell. If the sociopath does not want the therapy they also have the option to take medications. Although, with taking medications there is a downside. The accredited healthcare organization (ACCG) reports that use of medications in the treatment of sociopathy is minimally effective (“What Are the Treatments). So far no research has suggested that any medication is effective in the treatment of this sociopathy disorder directly. Therefore medication shouldn’t be recommended for sociopaths if they want to recuperate. Another way a sociopath can receive treatment is by being hospitalized. As with any treatment, the focus on feelings and connecting antisocial behavior to appropriate feeling states is appropriate says the article “Antisocial”. Hospitalization is a relatively new and radical approach to this sort of disorder and little research has been done on its
Sociopathy comes with many cause factors; some sociopathy causes are known to be biological as well as environmental. Scientist …show more content…
The typical treatment used for sociopathy is geared towards the antisocial personality disorder symptoms. Psychotherapy is the treatment mostly used. Psychotherapy mainly focuses on behavior change and skill-building, they are prominent with this disorder says the article “What are treatments for a sociopath?”. Even though sociopaths are able to go to therapy and attempt to better themselves, they lack emotional depth. That is why psychotherapists mainly focus on social development. To help them seep out of their antisocial shell. If the sociopath does not want the therapy they also have the option to take medications. Although, with taking medications there is a downside. The accredited healthcare organization (ACCG) reports that use of medications in the treatment of sociopathy is minimally effective (“What Are the Treatments). So far no research has suggested that any medication is effective in the treatment of this sociopathy disorder directly. Therefore medication shouldn’t be recommended for sociopaths if they want to recuperate. Another way a sociopath can receive treatment is by being hospitalized. As with any treatment, the focus on feelings and connecting antisocial behavior to appropriate feeling states is appropriate says the article “Antisocial”. Hospitalization is a relatively new and radical approach to this sort of disorder and little research has been done on its