Antisocial Personality Disorder
Definition
Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a lack of regard for the
moral or legal standards in the local culture. There is a marked inability to
get along with others or abide by societal rules. Individuals with this disorder
are sometimes called psychopaths or sociopaths.
Diagnostic Criteria ( DSM-IV™ ) made easy.
- Since the age of fifteen there has been a disregard for and violation of
the rights of others, those rights considered normal by the local culture,
as indicated by at least three of the following:
- Repeated acts that could lead to arrest.
- Conning for pleasure or profit, repeated lying, or the use of
aliases.
- Failure to plan ahead or being impulsive.
- Repeated assaults on others.
- Reckless when it comes to their or others safety.
- Poor work behavior or failure to honor financial obligations.
- Rationalizing the pain they inflict on others.
- At least eighteen years in age.
- Evidence of a Conduct Disorder, with its onset before the age of
fifteen.
- Symptoms not due to another mental disorder.
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Reviewed: 04/2006
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