Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)

Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is characterized as a mental disorder of an individual’s pattern of guiltless behavior and the pattern of being socially irresponsible (Black 1). Antisocial Personality Disorder is not the most well-known disorder of all the personality disorders.The research on the cause and effect of ASPD is still being performed. Individuals with Antisocial Personality Disorder are more prone to breaking the law and breaking the rules of etiquette in social situations due to their inability to adjust to society. ASPD by definition is characterized by its guiltless behavior, exploitative, and being socially irresponsible (Black 1). The definition of ASPD from the Psychiatrists Donald Goodwin and Samuel Guze in their
People with ASPD fail to contribute in the workforce, and could possibly cause severe levels of harm or distress to their partner, or children (De Brito 133-134). One of the traits of APSD is that they have, “A tendency to behave, feel, perceive, and think in relatively consistent ways across time and across situations in which the trait may be manifested” (Houser 3). They rarely change in their mind, feelings, and how they see things. ASPD is under different subtypes for morbid disorders (De Brito 133). There are three clusters in which personality disorders are based on the similarities that they portray (Houser 3). Cluster A is based on its odd or eccentric characteristics characterics (3). Cluster A involves schizoid personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder (3). Cluster B is based on the individuals that appear dramatic, emotional, or erratic (4). Cluster B involves antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, histrionic disorder, and narcissistic personality disorder (4). Ted Bundy is one of the most famous serial killers that had the Narcissistic personality disorder. Cluster C is based on being or appearing anxious or fearful (4). Cluster C includes avoidant, dependent, and obsessive- compulsive personality disorder” (4). Symptoms from the
The age range for children to get ASPD is as early as age eight (1). Few studies have been done on children but those who are distinguished on a pathways towards ASPD show similar traits to adult with psychopathy (De Brito 133). Half of the adults that have ASPD meet criteria for having CD before the age of ten and ninety-five percent by the age of twelve (134). “Nearly 80% of people with ASPD developed their first symptom by age 11 years” (Black 3). A lot of people may have had ASPD at an early age and never knew what it was. Studies have estimated that twenty-five percent of girls and forty percent of boys with CD with develop ASPD when they are older (30). Boys seem to develop the symptoms of ASPD earlier than girls, who may not show symptoms until they hit puberty (3). Adults with ASPD have a similar trait which is low parental care and maternal overprotection as children (Retil 1). In male subjects, they have the monoamine oxidase a gene that appears to have an effect on childhood maltreatment on antisocial behavior (Ducci 334). Samples from male subjects were taken and they found that, “maltreated boys with low activity genotype were more lo develop antisocial problems later in life than boys with the high activity genotype” (Ducci 335). It is better for males that have a higher active genotype; they