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  MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Antisocial personality disorder
Antisocial personality disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by chronic behavior that manipulates, exploits, or violates the rights of others.
The cause of antisocial personality disorder is unknown, but genetic factors and child abuse are believed to contribute to the development of this condition.
Antisocial personality disorder is considered one of the most difficult of all personality disorders to treat.
www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000921.htm   (465 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence - A
Antisocial behaviors are disruptive acts characterized by covert and overt hostility and intentional aggression toward others.
Antisocial behaviors exist along a severity continuum and include repeated violations of social rules, defiance of authority and of the rights of others, deceitfulness, theft, and reckless disregard for self and others.
Antisocial behavior is that which is verbally or physically harmful to other people, animals, or property, including behavior that severely violates social expectations for a given environment.
www.healthofchildren.com /A/index.html   (1877 words)

  
 Antisocial personality disorder Encyclopedia of Psychology - Find Articles
Antisocial personality disorder is only diagnosed in people over age 18, the symptoms are similar to those of conduct disorder, and the criteria for diagnosis include the onset of conduct disorder before the age of 15.
Those with a parent with an antisocial personality disorder or substance abuse problem are more likely to develop the disorder.
Antisocial personality disorder is highly unresponsive to any form of treatment.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0003/ai_2699000375   (489 words)

  
 antisocial - Definitions from Dictionary.com
opposed or detrimental to social order or the principles on which society is constituted: antisocial behavior.
: hostile or harmful to organized society: as a : being or marked by behavior deviating sharply from the social norm b : of, relating to, or characterized by an antisocial personality, the antisocial personality disorder, or behavior typical of either
adj 1: shunning contact with others; "standoffish and antisocial"; "he's not antisocial; just shy" 2: unwilling or unable to conform to normal standards of social behavior; "criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial"; "crimes...and other asocial behavior" [syn: asocial]
dictionary.reference.com /search?q=antisocial   (291 words)

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