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Antisocial Personality Disorder 1
Assignment: Diagnosis and Treatment
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Axia College - University of Phoenix
BEH 225
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Antisocial Personality Disorder 2
Diagnosis and Treatment
There are innumerable psychological disorders that are defined and redefined in the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). For the measure of this exercise,
I have chosen to focus upon one that contrasts my socialistic personality- Antisocial Personality
Disorder. This disorder not only affects the person diagnosed with the disease but also is
omnipresence in societies. This is the reason that trends in diagnosis and treatments change so
much - it is extensively studied. The most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Mental Disorders, (the fourth edition, text revision or DSM-IV-TR, 2000) classifies
APD as one of four “Cluster B Personality Disorders” along with borderline, histrionic, and
narcissistic personality disorders.
“Antisocial Personality Disorder is also known as psychopathy, sociopathy or dyssocial
personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a diagnosis applied to persons who
routinely behave with little or no regard for the rights, safety, or feelings of others. Dr. Robert
Hare, an authority on psychopathy and the originator of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, claims
that all psychopaths have APD but not all individuals diagnosed with APD are psychopaths.”
(Gale encyclopedia of, 2003, p. 68) Individuals whom are diagnosed with this disorder (APD)
have a propensity to harm themselves and other members of the populace. This may be because
someone with this disorder lacks strong ethical and moral standards. This behavioral pattern of
is observed in children or young adolescents and said behavior readily persists well into
adulthood; tending to position the mentally ill being in constant conflict with today’s society.
Predictably, the sociopath will engage in clashes with law officials and have a pattern of
delinquency from childhood or adolescence. Classically, these individuals use and abuse drugs
and alcohol at elevated degrees, thus worsening the disorder. Other notable signals of sociopathy

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Antisocial Personality Disorder Assignment: Diagnosis and Treatment Your Name Here Axia College - University of Phoenix BEH 225 Instructor, Name Month and Day 1 Antisocial Personality Disorder 2 Diagnosis and Treatment There are innumerable psychological disorders that are defined and redefined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). For the measure of this exercise, I have chosen to focus upon one that contrasts my socialistic personality- Antisocial Personality Disorder. This disorder not only affects the person diagnosed with the disease but also is omnipresence in societies. This is the reason that trends in diagnosis and treatments change so much - it is extensively studied. The most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (the fourth edition, text revision or DSM-IV-TR, 2000) classifies APD as one of four “Cluster B Personality Disorders” along with borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders. “Antisocial Personality Disorder is also known as psychopathy, sociopathy or dyssocial personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a diagnosis applied to persons who routinely behave with little or no regard for the rights, safety, or feelings of others. Dr. Robert Hare, an authority on psychopathy and the originator of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, claims that all psychopaths have APD but not all individuals diagnosed with APD are psychopaths.” (Gale encyclopedi ...
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