Antisocial Personality Disorder
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W013
Diagnosis: Antisocial Personality Disorder
US Patients: 2%
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: M4, W; B2,G
Age Onset: Age 6-14, but usually improves by 40
Brain Area: genetic, extra testosterone, PFC
Symptoms: impulsivity, recklessness, crime, legal problems
Progression: ADHD, less serotonin, manipulative, homocidal, hurt family and friends
Causes: head trauma, extra gray (vs. white matter), family activities
Medications: antipsychotics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers
Therapies:
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- Sex Differences in Personality Disorder and Childhood Maltreatment of Patients with Schizophreniaby XiaoLiang Wang on May 14, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Despite numerous studies investigating personality disorder (PD) and childhood maltreatment (CM) characteristics in individuals with schizophrenia (SZ), there remains a scarcity of research focusing on sex differences in PD and CM within large samples of SZ patients.
- Dark Tetrad personality traits, paraphilic interests, and the role of impulsivity: an EEG-study using a Go/No-Go paradigmby Maria M Lassche on May 13, 2024
Maladaptive personality traits, such as 'dark personalities' are found to result in a diverse set of negative outcomes, including paraphilic interests and associated (illegal) behaviors. It is however unclear how these are exactly related, and if related, if then only those individuals higher on dark personality traits and higher impulsivity engage in paraphilic behaviors. In the current study, 50 participants were recruited to investigate the relationship between Dark Tetrad personality traits...
- Understanding empathy deficits and emotion dysregulation in psychopathy: The mediating role of alexithymiaby Matthias Burghart on May 8, 2024
Psychopathy is a severe personality disorder marked by a wide range of emotional deficits, including a lack of empathy, emotion dysregulation, and alexithymia. Previous research has largely examined these emotional impairments in isolation, ignoring their influence on each other. Thus, we examined the concurrent interrelationship between emotional impairments in psychopathy, with a particular focus on the mediating role of alexithymia. Using path analyses with cross-sectional data from a...
- Psychiatric exemptions at call-up and during military service: A comparative studyby Elif Merve Kurt Tunagur on May 2, 2024
Background: Military conscription is a legal obligation in many countries. Different psychiatric disorders may result in exemptions from compulsory military service. The study aimed to compare psychiatric diagnoses, and demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals exempted from conscription between the call-up and military service groups. Methods: The study analyzed exemption reports based on psychiatric evaluations conducted between 2016 and 2020 at a regional military hospital in...