Anti-Social

= Anti-Social Personality Disorder =

What is it?  Antisocial personality disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others. This behavior is often criminal.

﻿﻿Causes and risk factors:

The causes of antisocial personality disorder are unknown. Genetic factors and child abuse are believed to contribute to the development of this disorder. Men tend to get this disorder more than women do. This condition is also common for people that are in prison.

Symptoms:
 * ﻿Be able to act witty and charming
 * ﻿Be good at flattery and manipulating other people's emotions
 * Break the law repeatedly
 * Disregard the safety and self of others
 * Have problems with substance abuse
 * Lie, steal, and fight often
 * Not show guilt of remorse
 * Often be angry or arrogant

Signs and Tests:

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Antisocial personality disorder is diagnosed based on a pyshcological evaluation and the history and serverity of symptoms.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">To be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, a person must have had conduct disorder during their childhood. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Treatments:

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Antisocial Personality Disorder is one of the most difficult personality disorders to treat. Patients rarely seek treatment on their own. <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;"> <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Prognosis:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> Symptoms tend to peak during the late teenage years and early 20s. Sometimes they improve by a person's 40s. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Interesting Facts:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">About 80-85% of incarcerated criminals have Antisocial Personality Disorder.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">About 20% of those criminals would qualify for a diagnosis of being a psychopath.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Related Disorders:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Depression <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Schizophrenia

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Citations:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">"Antisocial Personality Disorder." //Medicine Net//. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2011. <http://www.medicinenet.com/antisocial_personality_disorder/page2.htm>.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">"Antisocial Personality Disorder." //PubMed Health//. A.D.A.M., Disclaimer, n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2011. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/ PMH0001919/>.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">"Personality Disorders." //Diseases and Disorders//. 2nd ed. 2008. Print.