Antisocial P ersonality D isorder

1. Antisocial Personality Disorder Helen Cativo Period :3 April 20,2012

2. Associated Features

3. DSM-IV-TR • There is evidence of conduct disorder with onset before age 15 years. • 1 failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by reputedly preforming acts that are grounds for arrest. • 2 dutifulness, as indicated by repeated lying use of aliases, or coming other for personal profit or pleasure. • 3 impulsivity or failure to pain ahead • 4 imitability 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 financial obligations • 7 Lack of remorse as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another. • As the results people who are diagnosed with antisocial disorder are describe as not caring about others and not feel empathy toward the situation.

4. Definition • Antisocial personality disorder: Characterized by lack of regardfor society moral or legal standard. • In my own words: characteristic of mental illness function that lack of remorse or shame for harmful acts committed to others and lack of empathy. • what does it mean? This means that people know what they are doing but they don’t care about the victim emotions or harm.

5. Etiology • The potential cause of the antisocial personality disorder begins in childhood and continue throughout most adulthood. • When children experience child abuse • Another potential cause can be Genetic (inherited) or biological factors.

6. Prevalence • The lifetime prevalence of antisocial personality disorder (APD), conduct disorder, and adult antisocial behavior were 3.6%, . • The prevalence is about 3% of the general population for men, 1% for women.

7. Treatment • people with antisocial disorder first have to want to change then people need get professional help like therapy sessions , and a probation officer. • therapy sessions does to them is maintain the people change their behavior only when they realize that what they have done is wrong. Therefore the therapy is not to help these individuals feel better but to get them to feel worse about themselves and their situation. • As result people start to feel remorse and guilt about their behavior. • Also medication to control/decrease the behavior of the Person.

8. Prognosis • After getting treatment their mentality change how they think ,feels and act into positive outcome to get their it extremely difficult to achieve. • What happened after they are treated? some of them get hospitalize, others get cured and some of them are still getting therapy sessions.

9. Prevention • There is no way to prevent this disorder. An improvement in a person's social environment may reduce the severity of the problem, especially if changes are made early in life.

10. Discussion Question • what can Parents do to prevent this disorder form happening ?

11. References Halgin,R.P. whitbourne,S.K. (2005). Abnormal Psychology: clinical perspectives on psychological disorders. New York, NY M.C. Graw-Hill. Intel health.(2009). Antisocial personality disorder. www.intelhealth.com Mayo Clinical. (2010). Antisocial personality disorder. www.mayoclinic.com