Antisocial personality disorder

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    behavior is linked to ¬¬¬different disorders is essential while striving to comprehend crime and its causes. Many professionals often assume psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder are identical, and interchangeably utilize the two terms. Upon further investigation and research, both have been proven to be in fact different, and entail different elements. Psychopathy is a bundle of socially deviant behaviors and personality traits; antisocial personality disorder, on the other hand, is…

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    Antisocial personality disorder is a common condition with a general population prevalence in men ranging from 1%. Second, it is associated with considerable co-morbidity, especially with other personality disorders, substance, and other Axis 1 conditions also with increased mortality, especially at a young age, largely because of reckless behavior. Finally, there are the attitudes of those with ASPD towards treatment. In addition to the likelihood of inheriting a difficult temperament, people…

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    Antisocial personality disorders are when people have no regards for others and laws. They lack empathy for other people, do not care about what is right or wrong, and they often manipulate and antagonize people. They treat other people very badly because they do not care about their feelings. They do not care about laws, so they often end up in jail. plus they feel no guilt toward what they did, nor do they care about what happens to them. They love to lie for no reason at all even in…

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    various types of mental disorders are listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-V (DSM-V). Among all these disorders, personality disorder is one of the main types of disorder that impact individuals, and more specifically, the antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is one of the common personality disorders in the category of personality disorders. In order to provide optimal treatments for clients, clinicians need to figure out what kinds of mental disorders that…

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    In the case of Adam and his diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder, I believe that he was properly diagnosed. His behavior fulfills several of the DSM 5 diagnostic criteria; Adam is over the age of 18, and is able to receive this diagnosis. He lied to his therapist about several things. At one point he stated that he thought it was ridiculous that his father hit his mother, but it was later revealed that he abused Tisch, his girlfriend, as well. He admitted that he had no pity for the…

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    than a minor mental disorder such as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, he has antisocial personality disorder, or an irrational and destructive mindset that is characterized by a disregard for others (“Antisocial Personality Disorder”). This is shown…

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    Also, antisocial personality disorder is linked to a history of childhood adversity and maltreatment. Its shown that adults with anti-personality disorder had high rates of been beat and having a parent that had a substance use disorder a, went to jail, or attempted suicide. Which Eminem did face as well. We know Eminem’s mother Deborah had a substance use disorder and we know that Eminem was beat as well. He is also easily angry and…

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    The Dreamworks film Shrek follows characters through a very strange fairy tale. Through the crazy tale the many characters display many complex issues of psychology such as personality disorders and many downfalls in society. One of the main problems within the movie is discrimination towards the ogres and other fairy tale creatures. Right off the bat a mob comes to Shrek’s swamp looking to kill him. They personally seek him out in his place of residency just because of the fact he is an ogre.…

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    psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder is, as are other people. We often associate psychopaths to crazy, killers, or our exes. I have done that a time or five myself. Now, bear with me here because a lot is still left to discover about psychopaths and antisocial personality disorder. Some common questions I have asked myself (and researched) and others may have wondered are the ones not completely answered yet. What is antisocial personality disorder? Antisocial personality disorder,…

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    diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder. Antisocial Personality Disorder, sometimes referred to as sociopathy, is a mental disorder in which the person shows no regard for right and wrong. They also tend to ignore the rights and feelings of others. Individuals with ASPD will violate the law, lie, act impulsively, and usually have problems with drugs or alcohol. As many people have seen thanks to the men listed above, Antisocial Personality Disorder is a very dangerous disorder that more…

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