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ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
Sociologyindex, Books On Antisocial
Personality Disorder, Sociology
Books 2009, Antisocial personality disorder - ASP
Antisocial personality disorder or ASP is a
personality disorder that involves disregard for the rights of others, as well as
impulsive, irresponsible and aggressive behaviour.
Antisocial personality disorder is intimately
connected to many of society's ills, including crime, domestic violence, drug and alcohol
abuse, and even rape and murder. For men with severe antisocial personality disorder, life
becomes an opportunity to break all social and moral rules without remorse.
Antisocial personality disorder is a misunderstood
disorder that affects up to seven million Americans.
The predictive power of the childhood precursors
of antisocial personality disorder provides ample justification for early
intervention.
Conduct problems are predictive of antisocial
personality disorder independently of the associated adverse family and social
factors.
Antisocial personality disorder is usually preceded
by serious and persistent conduct problems starting in early childhood,
and so there is little difficulty in identifying an at-risk group.
Prototypical Analysis of Antisocial Personality
Disorder
A Study of Inmate Samples
RICHARD ROGERS, KENNETH W. SEWELL, KEITH R. CRUISE, University of North Texas, RANDALL T.
SALEKIN, Florida International University
The diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) remains controversial with its
inclusion criteria substantially modified with each new version of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Given the continued nonconsensus about this
disorder, prototypical analysis has been proposed as a method of establishing the core and
most representative Antisocial personality disorder characteristics. Building on earlier
prototypical research, the current study examined Antisocial personality disorder
prototype with 448 inmates from three correctional institutions. Inmates differed from
forensic experts on prototypical ratings in their emphasis on behavioral manifestations,
especially aggressive and antisocial behavior. On a principal components analysis with a
varimax rotation, three dimensions were observed: impaired/dishonest relationships and
impulsivity, aggressive behavior, and non-violent delinquency. A comparison of factor
scores based on earlier research revealed that the salience of "manipulation and lack
of guilt" for forensic experts was not shared by inmates. The implications of
prototypical analysis for the conceptualization of Antisocial personality disorder are
discussed. - cjb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/2/234
Conduct Disorder and Antisocial Personality
Disorder in Persons With Severe Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders
Kim T. Mueser, Anne G. Crocker, Linda B. Frisman, Robert E. Drake, Nancy H. Covell and
Susan M. Essock
Conduct disorder (CD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) are established risk
factors for substance use disorders in both the general population and among persons with
schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses. Among clients with substance use
disorders in the general population, CD and Antisocial personality disorder are associated
with more severe problems and criminal justice involvement, but little research has
examined their correlates in clients with dual disorders. To address this question, we
compared the demographic, substance abuse, clinical, homelessness, sexual risk, and
criminal justice characteristics of 178 dual disorder clients living in 2 urban areas
between 4 groups: No CD/ASPD, CD Only, Adult Antisocial personality disorder Only, and
Full Antisocial personality disorder. Clients in the Adult Antisocial personality disorder
Only group tended to have the most severe drug abuse severity, the most extensive
homelessness, and the most lifetime sexual partners, followed by the Full ASPD group,
compared with the other 2 groups. However, clients with Full Antisocial personality
disorder had the most criminal justice involvement, especially with respect to violent
charges and convictions. The results suggest that a late-onset ASPD subtype may develop in
clients with severe mental illness secondary to substance abuse, but that much criminal
behavior in clients with dual disorders may be due to the early onset of the full ASPD
syndrome in this population and not the effects of substance use disorders.
Components of antisocial personality disorder
among women convicted for drunken driving
B. W. Lex, M. E. Goldberg, J. H. Mendelson, N. S. Lawler and T. Bower
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry,
McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts 02178.
For women, the temporal relationship between Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) and
alcoholism is unclear. Driving while intoxicated is both a symptom of Antisocial
personality disorder and the alcohol-related problem most typically reported by women.
Accordingly, a period prevalence sample of 33 women incarcerated for drunken driving
offenses was assessed with the SCID to identify other symptoms of Antisocial personality
disorder. Excluding behaviors that only occurred while drinking, only 1 of the 33 women
met DSM-III-R criteria for ASPD. When behaviors while drinking were included, 18.2% (n =
7) met criteria for Antisocial personality disorder by having both a history of childhood
conduct disorder and characteristic Antisocial personality disorder behaviors as adults.
However, 57.6% of the sample displayed the pattern of adult behavioral symptoms without a
history of childhood conduct disorder (n = 19). Women with a history of conduct disorder
and Antisocial personality disorder had a younger mean age of onset of alcohol dependence
(16.8 vs 25.6 years) and a higher rate of concurrent borderline personality disorder (85.7
vs 42.1%) than did women who had only adult symptoms of ASPD, but a similar rate of
reported parental alcoholism (71.4 vs 72.2%). With one exception, women who were diagnosed
with full ASPD with childhood conduct disorder (n = 6) had been truant and had run away
from home, but none reported cruelty to animals, vandalism, or arson in childhood. Thus,
behaviors diagnostic of ASPD were largely consequent to substance abuse, and childhood
behaviors were limited predictors of ASPD. Relationships among gender, prodromal
behaviors, and substance abuse appear more complex than anticipated, and they indicate the
need to recognize adult onset Antisocial personality disorder associated with substance
abuse as a legitimate diagnosis manifested differently by women and men. -
annalsnyas.org/cgi/content/abstract/708/1/49
Books On Antisocial Personality Disorder:
Bad
Boys, Bad Men: Confronting Antisocial Personality Disorder
by Donald W. Black, C. Lindon Larson (Contributor)
From Library Journal
Evidence from genetics and neuroscience supports a biological cause for antisocial
personality disorder (ASP), lending truth to the adage "some people are simply born
bad." Antisocial personality disorder is intimately connected to many of society's
ills, including crime, domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and even rape and
murder. For men with severe Antisocial personality disorder, life becomes an opportunity
to break all social and moral rules without remorse. But there are ways of detecting
warning signs in troubled children, and there are procedures, various combinations of
medication, psychotherapy, and social institutional interventions to prevent and treat
Antisocial personality disorder.
Bad Boys, Bad Men not only describes the warning signs that predict which troubled
children are more likely to become dangerous adults, but also details progress toward
treatment for Antisocial personality disorder. This volume will be an essential resource
for psychiatrists, psychologists, criminologists, victims of crime, families of
individuals afflicted with Antisocial personality disorder, and anyone else interested in
understanding antisocial behavior.
The
Antisocial Personalities by David T. Lykken
Personality
and Dangerousness: Genealogies of Antisocial Personality Disorder
by David McCallum
Antisocial
Behavior: Personality Disorders from Hostility to Homicide
by Benjamin B. Wolman
The
Antisocial Personalities
Personality
Disorders from Hostility to Homicide
Personality
and Dangerousness
Confronting
Antisocial Personality Disorder
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