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Psychopathy/Antisocial Personality Disorder Conundrum

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2006
Psychopathy has traditionally been characterised as a disorder primarily of personality (particularly affective deficits) and, to a lesser extent, behaviour. Although often used interchangeably, the diagnostic constructs of psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and dissocial personality disorder are distinct.

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Antisocial Personality disorder

Abia State University Medical Students' Association Journal, 2015
Personality disorders are mental disorders that  are characterized by persistent maladaptive  patterns of behavior, cognition and inner experience. These patterns develop early in life,  are inflexible and associated with significant distress or disability.
Chinasa, O
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Antisocial Personality Disorder

, 2018
In this chapter the historical background of the definition of antisocial personality disorder over the last 200 years (including the most commonly applied labels—psychopathy, sociopathy, and criminality) are reviewed along with the current core features.
Carol S. North, Sean H. Yutzy
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Antisocial Personality Disorder

, 2019
Motivation: Personality disorders are patterns from areas like cognitive, emotional, impulse-control and relationships with others; they are constant and lasting over time, non-functional, disturbed, which do not allow normal functioning in daily life ...
Trifu Simona, Iliescu Ioana Dorina, Mateescu Roxana Daniela, Trifu Antonia Ioana   +3 more
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Antisocial Behavior and Personality Disorders

American Journal of Psychotherapy, 1991
Present classifications fall short of helping clinicians to systematically approach syndromes of antisocial (A-S) behavior. Various clinical forms of A-S behavior derive from different levels of personality organization (normal, neurotic, and borderline level) whereas certain personality disorders (PD) display specific antisocial "profiles" and form ...
D M, Svrakic, K, McCallum
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The Neuropsychology of Antisocial Personality Disorder

Disease-a-Month, 2007
Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) is a psychological disorder most commonly associated with the legal and criminal justice systems, as many persons arrested for the commission of illegal acts meet the diagnostic criteria for this disorder, such as deception, manipulation, disregard for the rights of others, and a lack of remorse for their behavior.
Katherine L, Fitzgerald, George J, Demakis   +1 more
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The neuropsychology of antisocial personality disorder

Psychological Medicine, 2002
Background. The literature on executive function in antisocial populations is unclear due to variation in diagnostic criteria and variation in the inclusion of healthy control comparison groups. Some studies suggest prototypical psychopathy is associated with specific deficits in ventromedial prefrontal (VMPFC) function rather than dorsolateral ...
Mairead, Dolan, Isabelle, Park
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Antisocial Personality as a Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2018
Although antisocial personality disorder (APD) is one of the most researched personality disorders, it is still surprisingly resistant to treatment. This lack of clinical progress may be partly due to the failure to view APD as a neurodevelopmental disorder and to consider early interventions.
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The epidemiology of antisocial personality disorder

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 1999
This paper reviews the current state of knowledge about the frequency, natural history, risk factors and associations of antisocial personality disorder. Important recent developments are discussed, and where possible, findings have been tabulated Epidemiological surveys have shown that antisocial personality disorder is a common disorder, with a ...
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The neurobiology of antisocial personality disorder

Neuropharmacology
Despite increasing recognition that there is a neurobiological basis of antisocial behavior in addition to its psychosocial foundation, much less is known about the specificity of the neurobiological findings to the psychiatric condition of antisocial personality disorder (APD).
Olivia Choy, Adrian Raine
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