Anti-Social+Personality

**Anti-Social Personality Disorder ** Makayla, Ben, and Lauren  -Anti-Social personality Disorder, under the category Sociopath or Psychopath, account for 3-4% of the male population, and less than 1% of the female population; 20% of the United States prison population and 33-80% of chronic criminal offenders.   Antisocial behavior is not directly related to the development of Schizophrenia or manic episodes.
 * 1) Diagnostic criteria
 * 2) Repeatedly committing crimes
 * 3) Are pathological liars; use aliases or con others for their own benefit
 * 4) Are impulsive or never plan ahead
 * 5) Are irritable or aggressive
 * 6) Are violent
 * 7) Disregard the safety of others or their own
 * 8)  Irresponsible
 * 9) Very poor work ethic
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have no concern for finances
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have no empathy or remorse when they hurt, steal from, or mistreat other individuals

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Misconceptions about the disorder:** People who avoid social interaction are not antisocial and do not have antisocial personality disorder. People with ASPD actually do very well in social situations.



<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The image above shows a normal brain scan (left) and the brain scan of someone with antisocial personality disorder (right)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Causes:** Unknown, genetic factors and child abuse are thought to be factors. One study by BK Luntz and CS Widom from the University at Albany School of Criminal Justice suggests that childhood abuse or neglect could be a factor in causing antisocial personality disorder. People with Anti-Social Personality Disorder are thought to be the product of their enviroment and or genetic disposition, thusly it can run in families but not necessarily.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Signs:** Setting fires and animal cruelty at a young age are signs that one may have ASPD.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Symptoms:** People with ASPD can come across as witty, charismatic, and charming and are typically good at manipulating other people’s emotions. They lack guilt or remorse for the actions. They have little regard for the safety of themselves and others and have little or no problems with stealing other people’s possessions. They are often angry or arrogant as well, though it should be noted that someone with only a few or even most of these symptoms does not necessarily have ASPD. These symptoms tend to peak when the person is in their late teenage years or early twenties.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Treatment:** Few people with the disorder actually seek treatment on their own. When people do seek treatment it normally starts with them going to get help for another problem caused by the disorder (drug abuse, suicidal thoughts, etc.). Others are sent to a mental health counselor by courts or family members for evaluation. Many will deny their symptoms and refuse to admit that they have the disorder. Those who do seek treatment or are sent to get treatment are treated with psychotherapy, neuropsychological analysis, medication management, or family and marital counseling. Cognitive therapy is also used. Cognitive therapy tries to help the patient understand that they create their own problems. Psychotherapy is focused around helping the patient understand the nature of their behavior and helping them control it. Many people with ASPD are hard to help with therapy because they tend to blame others, are impulsive, and rarely form trusting relationships with others. Lithium carbonate and phenytoin are two medications that are used in treatment of some people with ASPD, but no medications are specifically approved for treatment of ASPD.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Definition:** It is a chronic mental illness that affects how a person thinks, sees a situation, and relates to others. (It is oftentimes destructive.) They do not have a sense of right and wrong.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Link to other disorders:** People with ASPD also commonly suffer from major depression. They also have an increased risk of alcohol dependence which can lead to alcohol addiction.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Works Cited <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia. "Antisocial personality disorder." PubMed Health. National Center for Biotechnology <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Information, 14 Nov. 2010. Web. 15 Sept. 2011. [].

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">American Psychiatric Association. "Antisocial personality disorder in abused and neglected children grown up." American <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Journal of Psychiatry. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 1994. Web. 16 Sept. 2011. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [].

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Black, Donald. "Treatment for Antisocial Personality Disorder." Psych Central. GoodTherapy, 16 Sept. 2011. Web. 16 Sept. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 2011. [lib/2006/treatment-for-antisocial-personality-disorder/].

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Carlie, Michael K. "Topic 10: Building Upon a Pathological Offender's Needs." Into The Abyss: A Personal Journey into the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> World of Street Gangs. Mike Carlie, 2002. Web. 15 Sept. 2011. [MichaelCarlie/what_I_learned_about/GANGS/WHYFORM/pathological.htm].

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cavendish, Marshall. "Personality Disorders." Diseases and Disorders. Vol. 3. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Corporation, 2008. 667-68. Print.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">DANA Foundation. Difference between the mental states or a regular person and a murderer. N.d. The Peter Jennings Project <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Blog. Blogger, 20 Aug. 2/09. Web. 20 Sept. 2011. [brain-imaging-and -criminal-mind-can.html].

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dryden-Edwards, Roxanne. "Antisocial Personality Disorder." Medicine Net. MedicineNet, Inc, 2011. Web. 16 Sept. 2011. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [antisocial_personality_disorder/article.htm].

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"DSM-IV & DSM-IV-TR: Antisocial Personality Disorder." BehaveNet. Capsules, 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2011. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [antisocialpd.htm].

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fu, Qiang, and Et. al. "Shared Genetic Risk of Major Depression, Alcohol Dependence, and Marijuana Dependence ." Archives <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> of General Psychiatry. American Medical Association, 2002. Web. 16 Sept. 2011. [|http://archpsyc.ama-] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/59/12/1125.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mayo Clinic Staff. "Antisocial personality disorder." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000bff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Aug. 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2011. [DS00829].