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Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Individuals with this Cluster B Personality
Disorder in
their actions regularly disregard and violate the rights of others. These behaviors may
be aggressive or destructive and may involve breaking laws or rules, deceit or theft.
Diagnostic criteria for 301.7 Antisocial Personality Disorder
(cautionary statement)
A. There is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occurring since age 15 years, as indicated by three (or more) of the following:
(1) failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest
(2) deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure
(3) impulsivity or failure to plan ahead
(4) irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults
(5) reckless disregard for safety of self or others
(6) consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations
(7) lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another
B. The individual is at least age 18 years.
C. There is evidence of Conduct Disorder with onset before age 15 years.
D. The occurrence of antisocial behavior is not exclusively during the course of
Schizophrenia or a Manic Episode.
Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition. Copyright 1994 American
Psychiatric Association
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Also: anti-social, "Not me!",
sociopath, sociopathy, sociopathic, psychopath,
psychopathy, psychopathic, dyssocial
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Books and Other Media:
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- W. Black, Donald, et
al Bad Boys, Bad Men: Confronting Antisocial Personality Disorder
(Hardcover - March 1999)
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Paperback
- Meloy, J. Reid The Psychopathic
Mind - Origins, Dynamics, and Treatment Paperback 1995
- Samenow, Stanton E. Before It's Too
Late - Why Some Kids Get into Trouble--And What Parents Can Do About It Hardcover 1999
- Samenow, Stanton E. Inside the Criminal
Mind Hardcover 1984
- Samenow, Stanton E.
Straight Talk About
Criminals - Understanding and Treating Antisocial Individuals Hardcover 1998
- Simon, Robert I. Bad Men Do What
Good Men Dream - A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior
Hardcover 1996
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