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Antisocial personality disorder and pathological gambling

Journal of Gambling Studies, 1994
The prevalence of antisocial personality disorder and its relationship to criminal offenses in pathological gamblers was investigated. A semi-structured interview schedule containing DSM-III criteria for antisocial personality and the California Psychological Inventory Socialisation subscale was administered to a sample of 306 pathological gamblers. Of
Neil McConaghy, Alex Blaszczynski
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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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Psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder

Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 1996
Debate continues concerning the diagnosis of psychopathy, despite the publication of the DSM-IV. The DSM criteria for antisocial personality disorder are widely used, particularly in civil psychiatric settings and in research on substance use.
Stephen D. Hart, Robert D. Hare
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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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WAIS performances in antisocial personality (disorder)

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1977
In the present study, the WAIS performances of subjects with antisocial personality disorder were compared with the performances of controls who had other personality disorders and had usually only occasional criminality. It appeared that in all subtests the age‐scaled scores of the controls were higher than those of the subjects.
Matti Virkkunen, P. Luukkonen
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Hysteria and Antisocial Personality

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1980
Antisocial personality and hysteria have been thought to represent a single condition. Different clinical presentations for the disorders have been attributed to cultural stereotyping and diagnostic bias. The present study carefully examines detailed psychiatric histories taken from 560 nonpatient university students.
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Alcoholism in Males with Antisocial Personality Disorder

International Journal of the Addictions, 1988
Two hundred and sixty men entering an inpatient program for alcohol and drug treatment were interviewed and tested for cognitive disturbances and hepatic function. When the treatment group was separated by the presence or absence of antisocial personality disorder, the antisocial group was distinguished by several factors.
Frederick Petty, William R. Yates, Keith Brown   +2 more
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Self‐mutilation in antisocial personality (disorder) [PDF]

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1976
In the present study, attempts were made to clarify the characteristics and the background information of persons with antisocial personality (disorder) who had resorted to slashings. These were compared with controls with a similar personality disorder who had not resorted to slashings. It appeared that the former had been more often prone to repeated
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Neurocognitive function in antisocial personality disorder

Psychiatry Research, 2000
Recent neuroimaging studies and neuropsychological test findings support the contention that prefrontal dysfunction is associated with psychopathic personality traits and antisocial behavior. However, conflicting results have arisen regarding performance on measures of frontal executive function.
Catherine L. Harris, Wayne M. Dinn
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