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	PTypes - Antisocial Personality Disorder Criteria
		Antisocial character disorder is a type of "solution" to the problem of anxiety; that is, it is a strategy to alleviate anxiety.
		Personality Disorders and the Five-Factor Model of Personality.
		Personality disorders are patterns of experience and behavior which are culturally very deviant, persistent, inflexible, arise in adolescent or early adulthood, and lead to distress or impairment.
	www.ptypes.com /antisocialpd.html (1819 words)

	Antisocial Personality Disorder Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Antisocial personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.
		Antisocial personality disorder is much more prevalent in males than in females, with a rate of about 3% of males, and 1% of females in the general population.
		Persons with this disorder often have had few or no emotionally rewarding relationships in their lives; the therapeutic relationship can be one of the first if the individual can develop a sense of trust.
	www.northshorelij.com /body.cfm?id=739 (655 words)

	Personality Disorders
		Anger and Personality Disorders ~ The striking similarity between anger and personality disorders is the deterioration of the faculty of empathy.
		Avoidant Personality Disorder in Children and Youth ~ Children who meet criteria for APD are often described as being extremely shy, inhibited in new situations, and fearful of disapproval and social rejection.
		Personality disorders are not illnesses in a strict sense as they do not disrupt emotional, intellectual, or perceptual functioning.
	www.focusas.com /PersonalityDisorders.html (1942 words)

	Antisocial personality disorder
		Antisocial personality disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by chronic behavior that manipulates, exploits, or violates the rights of others.
		Personality disorders are chronic behavioral and relationship patterns that intefere with a person's life over many years.
		The cause of antisocial personality disorder is unknown, but genetic factors and child abuse are believed to contribute to the development of this condition.
	www.umm.edu /ency/article/000921.htm (301 words)

	Antisocial personality disorder - MayoClinic.com
		Antisocial personality disorder is a condition in which people show a pervasive disregard for the law and the rights of others.
		Antisocial personality disorder affects men three times as often as it does women and is much more prevalent in the prison population than in the general population.
		Antisocial personality disorder is a chronic condition and represents one of the most difficult personality disorders to treat.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/antisocial-personality-disorder/DS00829 (270 words)

	Antisocial personality disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Antisocial personality disorder (APD or ASPD) is a psychiatric diagnosis that interprets antisocial and impulsive behaviors as symptoms of a personality disorder.
		Antisocial personality disorder and the closely related construct of psychopathy can be assessed and diagnosed through clinical interview, self-rating personality surveys, and ratings from coworkers and family.
		The occurrence of antisocial behavior is not exclusively during the course of Schizophrenia or a Manic Episode.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder (1091 words)

	PIW \| Mental Illness \| Personality Disorders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Personality disorders are usually recognizable by adolescence or earlier, continue throughout adulthood, and become less obvious throughout middle age.
		People with paranoid personality disorder are untrusting, unforgiving and prone to angry or aggressive outbursts without justification because they perceive others as unfaithful, disloyal, condescending or deceitful.
		People with avoidant personality disorder may have no close relationships outside of their family circle, although they would like to, and are upset at their inability to relate well to other people.
	www.psychinstitute.com /mental_illness/personality.html (1282 words)

	Antisocial personality disorder - antisocial personality dissorder
		Antisocial personality disorder (APD or ASPD), or dissocial personality disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that interprets antisocial and impulsive behaviours as symptoms of a personality disorder.
		Research has shown that individuals with APD are indifferent to the possibility of physical pain or many punishments, and show no indications that they experience fear when so threatened; this may explain their apparent disregard for the consequences of their actions, and their lack of empathy when others are suffering.
		Antisocial personality disorder and the closely related construct of psychopathy can be assessed and diagnosed through clinical interview, self-rating personality surveys, and ratings from coworkers and family.
	www.diseases-n-symtoms.com /Symptoms-Treatment-An-to-Ar/cat.php (2062 words)

	Antisocial personality disorder
		Antisocial personality disorder, like other personality disorders, is a longstanding pattern of behavior and experience that impairs functioning and causes distress.
		People with antisocial personality disorder don't follow society's norms, are deceitful and intimidating in relationships, and don't consider the rights of others.
		Antisocial personality disorder is probably caused by a combination of factors.
	www.aetnapharmacy.com /AP/ihtAP/r.WSIHW000/st.9339/t.31780.html (1000 words)

	Antisocial Personality Disorder Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence - 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.
		The antisocially disordered person may be poverty-stricken, homeless, a substance abuser, or have an extensive criminal record.
		Antisocial personality disorder is associated with low socioeconomic status and urban settings.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2602/is_0000/ai_2602000047 (496 words)

	Dual Diagnosis and the Antisocial Personality Disorder
		APD is identified as an independent rather than a dependent personality; individuals with APD have an inclination to turn to themselves rather than others as the primary source for need fulfillment.
		Personality disorders involve failures in self-regulation and self-soothing; drugs and alcohol become alternative solutions to life problems in the absence of more effective means to manage difficulties.
		APD inability to connect negative consequences with their behavior, contempt for authority, laws, and social norms, as well as their inclination toward impulsive action all support the use of drugs and alcohol.
	www.toad.net /~arcturus/dd/antisoc.htm (5382 words)

	Antisocial Personality Disorder
		This disorder was previously known as both psychopathic and Sociopathic personality disorder.
		The symptoms of antisocial personality disorder include a longstanding pattern (after the age of 15) of disregard for the rights of others.
		First, because the disorder is characterized by a failure to conform to society's norms, people with this disorder are often incarcerated because of criminal behavior.
	allpsych.com /disorders/personality/antisocial.html (411 words)

	Antisocial Personality Disorder: Antisocial Personality Disorder Treatment
		Instead, antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a lack of conscience.
		People with this disorder are prone to criminal behavior, believing that their victims are weak and deserving of being taken advantage of.
		Antisocial personality disorder is considered one of the most difficult of all personality disorders to treat.
	www.depression-guide.com /antisocial-disorder-personality.htm (669 words)

	Antisocial Personality Disorder (Dissocial Personality Disorder): ICD Criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder
		The formal diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder, or dissocial personality disorder, rests on these symptoms, which can be evaluated by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
		A personality disorder is a severe disturbance in the characterological constitution and behavioural tendencies of the individual, usually involving several areas of the personality, and nearly always associated with considerable personal and social disruption.
		Personality disorder tends to appear in late childhood or adolescence and continues to be manifest into adulthood.
	counsellingresource.com /distress/personality-disorders/antisocial.html (774 words)

	Antisocial Personality Disorder, Causes and Treatment
		However, full-blown antisocial personality disorder in western society occurs in approximately 3% of males and 1% of females, according to the DSM-IV.
		It is this author’s opinion that a combination of many ingredients causes an antisocial outcome, i.e., a dysfunctional family component, inadequate parenting, inconsistent discipline or lack thereof, and perhaps a lesser ingredient will be the social environment including the media.
		Antisocial personality disorders, unlike narcissistic personality disorders, may potentially commit suicide, and when they do attempt suicide, since they are impulsive, their suicide lethality is very high.
	www.peaceandhealing.com /personality/antisocial.asp (1384 words)

	Antisocial Personality Disorder and Mental Health Information on MedicineNet.com
		A personality disorder is said to exist when a person chronically uses mechanisms of coping in an inappropriate, stereotyped, and maladaptive fashion.
		Diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality include a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others and inability or unwillingness to conform to what are considered to be the norms of society.
		Antisocial personality disorder, also known as psychopathic personality or sociopathic personality often brings a person into conflict with society as a consequence of a pattern of behavior that is amoral and unethical.
	www.medicinenet.com /antisocial_personality_disorder/article.htm (473 words)

	eMedicine - Personality Disorders : Article by David Bienenfeld, MD
		Because the criteria for diagnosis of personality disorders are closely related to behaviors of young and middle adulthood, DSM-IV diagnoses of personality disorders are notoriously unreliable in the elderly population.
		Borderline personality disorder: Psychosocial formulations point to the high prevalence of early abuse (sexual, physical, and emotional) in these patients, and the borderline syndrome is often formulated as a variant of posttraumatic stress disorder.
		Avoidant personality disorder: This personality disorder appears to be an expression of extreme traits of introversion and neuroticism.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic3472.htm (4604 words)

	Psychology Today's Diagnosis Dictionary: Antisocial Personality Disorder
		Personality disorders are not atypical episodes, rather they are persistent styles of behavior and thought.
		Criteria for confirming antisocial personality include a pattern of disregard for the rights of others and unwillingness or inability to conform to the norms of society.
		Antisocial personality disorder, also known as sociopathic or psychopathic personality often leads to conflict with society as a consequence of amoral, unethical behavior.
	www.psychologytoday.com /conditions/antisocial.html (508 words)

	AntiSocial Personality Disorder
		Antisocials often have histories of abuse, neglectful parenting, and emotional trauma.
		Keep in mind that if an Antisocial thinks it is worth the effort to fake on these, he will, and may be able to do a good job of it.
		Narcissistic Personality Disorder: These two disorders are close, when you look at the disregard for social rules, distorted thinking, and limited empathy for others.
	www.psychpage.com /learning/library/counseling/asp.html (1775 words)

	ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
		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.
		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.
		Tracing the history of the category of antisocial personality disorder, this study reveals its emergence is linked to particular kinds of governing, rather than simply to advances in the human sciences or a means of social control.
	sociologyindex.com /antisocial_personality_disorder.htm (1428 words)

	Antisocial Personality Disorder
		Antisocial Personality Disorder is a mental illness that usually becomes apparent before the age of fifteen.
		If a person can live for a period of at least five years without antisocial behavior after the age of 15 the diagnosis of ASP is no longer valid.
		Signs of the disorder may be minimal or absent when a person with the disorder is receiving frequent reinforcement, in a very structured setting or in a one- to-one situation where there are no distractions.
	hw.healthdialog.com /kbase/nord/nord672.htm (912 words)

	AllRefer Health - Antisocial Personality Disorder (Personality Disorder - Antisocial, Psychopathic Personality, ...
		Antisocial personality disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by chronic behavior that manipulates, exploits, or violates the rights of others.
		Personality disorders are chronic behavioral and relationship patterns that intefere with a person's life over many years.
		The cause of antisocial personality disorder is unknown, but genetic factors and child abuse are believed to contribute to the development of this condition.
	health.allrefer.com /health/antisocial-personality-disorder-info.html (371 words)

	AntiSocial Personality Disorder
		I have heard some say that Antisocial Personality Disorder is the "Borderline" for males; women with traumatic and dysfunctional histories are more likely to become Borderlines, while men Antisocials.
		Among all personality disorders, Antisocials are more likely to abuse and neglect than the rest; however, Antisocials are not represented that often in the population of abusive and neglectful parents.
		In other words, an Antisocial is at high risk to abuse and neglect, but the majority of those who abuse and neglect are not Antisocial.
	www.psychpage.com /learning/library/person/asp.html (2017 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Antisocial personality disorder
		Personality disorders are chronic behavioral and relationship patterns that interfere with a person's life over many years.
		To receive a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder, a person must have exhibited behavior that qualifies for a diagnosis of conduct disorder during childhood.
		Antisocial personality disorder is one of the most difficult personality disorders to treat.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000921.htm (465 words)

	Antisocial personality disorder and the serial bully
		I estimate that around 1 person in 30 (approximately 2 million) in the UK exhibits the profile of the serial bully whose behaviour is congruent with many of the diagnostic criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder.
		Although mental health professionals are not all in agreement, the emphasis of antisocial personality disorder is, as the name implies, on the antisocial acts committed by the individual.
		Psychopaths, on the other hand, are diagnosed more according to personality traits, eg lack of remorse, lack of guilt, lack of conscience, etc. Whilst many psychopaths meet the diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality disorder, not all do; similarly, not all people with antisocial personality disorder meet the criteria for a psychopath.
	www.bullyonline.org /workbully/apd.htm (1295 words)

	Antisocial Personality Disorder Information
		Antisocial personality disorder is behavior is often criminal.
		The exact cause of antisocial personality disorder is unknown.
		People with an antisocial or alcoholic parent have a greater risk of developing antisocial personality disorder.
	www.mamashealth.com /mental/antisocial.asp (168 words)

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