Antisocial Personality Disorder Flashcards
How can individuals with ASPD be a burden to society?
- absence from the workforce
- cause distress to others.
- illicit drug trade
- contributing to new generations ASPDs
What are commodities with conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder?
- anxiety disorders
- substance abuse
- ADHD
- depression
What are the 7 symptoms of ASPD?
- failure to conform to social norms
- deceitfulness
- disregard for safety
- impulsivity
- irritability and aggressiveness
- consistent irresponsibility
- lack of remorse
What are correlates of ASPD?
- premature death
- incapacitation
- unemployment
- lowered SES
What are the 7 symptoms of the new proposed ASPD diagnosis?
- manipulative
- callousness
- deceitfulness
- impulsivity
- hostility
- risk-taking
- irresponsibility
Explain the newly proposed hypothesis between ASPD and violence.
Subtype 1: anxious and persistent antisocial behaviour
Subtype 2: low levels psychopathic traits
Subtype 3: psychopathy
Explain subtype 1: anxious and persistent antisocial behaviour.
violence is reactive and impulsive
- hostile attribution bias
- hyper-reactive to environment
In children: conduct disorder w/ decreased cu traits.
Results in poorly educated adults, with little work experience, violence and poor problem-solving skills.
Explain subtype 2: low levels psychopathic traits.
in children: CD but low cu traits
- early violence
- callousness, decreased remorse
- release constraints on aggression
- purposeful injuries to others
- violent behaviour carries on in adulthood
Explain subtype 3: psychopathy.
in children CD + cu traits.
- relatively unaffected by poor parenting
- fail to respond to time-out
- insists that aggression leads to rewards
- less distressed when abused; learn to humiliate, abuse and distress others
