Antisocial Personality Disorder Case Study
Dawn Jensen
Dual Diagnosis
Dr. Jones-Cage
“Antisocial Personality Disorder”
April 4, 2014
Running head: ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
The psychological and physical aspects of antisocial personality disorder starts when the child is under the age of fifteen and has shown signs of conduct disorder such as hostile or forceful behavior toward humans and animals, damaging buildings or belongings, misleading and stealing, deliberately breaking rules. These behaviors will carry on into the adult life. Children and adolescents can not be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder until the age of eighteen. When the person turns eighteen, they must have extensive motifs of disrespect for and violating …show more content…
● The person has no remorse, by being aloof to or justifying the reason they have caused pain , treated badly, or taken from another person. People that get diagnosed with this disorder are also sometimes described as “psychopaths” or “sociopaths”. People with antisocial personality disorder lie about anything, manipulate others for
Running head: ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER whatever they want or need, they are con artist, they are careless and impulsive, they jump at the first thought and don’t consider the outcome, they are reckless and have little concern for themselves, others, and not even their children. They are physical, aggressive, angry and like to start fights. Individuals with antisocial personality disorder have a flat affect, they lack empathy, they are cruel, distrusting, and disrespectful when it comes to the sensitivity, freedom, and the pain they cause other people they encounter. They cause mental, physical suffering and destruction which rarely causes them any concern because they have a loss of moral conscience. This person with antisocial personality disorder believes that their victims are cowardly, that they deserve to be swindled, stolen from, or even physically …show more content…
Men are four times more likely to get this disorder than women. Because these people are often arrested and incarcerated, researchers say that their are about thirty percent of prisoners that meet this diagnostic criteria. Many of the people have had serious amounts of violent crimes, thefts, and fraudulent activities on their record, along with alcohol and substance abuse. For some of these people with antisocial personality disorder, after the age of forty years old there criminal behavior declines or they carry on with illegal behaviors throughout the rest of their adult life. These people with this disorder are more likely to end up dieing too early because they kill themselves, are killed in accidents, or are killed by another human
Dual Diagnosis
Dr. Jones-Cage
“Antisocial Personality Disorder”
April 4, 2014
Running head: ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
The psychological and physical aspects of antisocial personality disorder starts when the child is under the age of fifteen and has shown signs of conduct disorder such as hostile or forceful behavior toward humans and animals, damaging buildings or belongings, misleading and stealing, deliberately breaking rules. These behaviors will carry on into the adult life. Children and adolescents can not be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder until the age of eighteen. When the person turns eighteen, they must have extensive motifs of disrespect for and violating …show more content…
● The person has no remorse, by being aloof to or justifying the reason they have caused pain , treated badly, or taken from another person. People that get diagnosed with this disorder are also sometimes described as “psychopaths” or “sociopaths”. People with antisocial personality disorder lie about anything, manipulate others for
Running head: ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER whatever they want or need, they are con artist, they are careless and impulsive, they jump at the first thought and don’t consider the outcome, they are reckless and have little concern for themselves, others, and not even their children. They are physical, aggressive, angry and like to start fights. Individuals with antisocial personality disorder have a flat affect, they lack empathy, they are cruel, distrusting, and disrespectful when it comes to the sensitivity, freedom, and the pain they cause other people they encounter. They cause mental, physical suffering and destruction which rarely causes them any concern because they have a loss of moral conscience. This person with antisocial personality disorder believes that their victims are cowardly, that they deserve to be swindled, stolen from, or even physically …show more content…
Men are four times more likely to get this disorder than women. Because these people are often arrested and incarcerated, researchers say that their are about thirty percent of prisoners that meet this diagnostic criteria. Many of the people have had serious amounts of violent crimes, thefts, and fraudulent activities on their record, along with alcohol and substance abuse. For some of these people with antisocial personality disorder, after the age of forty years old there criminal behavior declines or they carry on with illegal behaviors throughout the rest of their adult life. These people with this disorder are more likely to end up dieing too early because they kill themselves, are killed in accidents, or are killed by another human