Antisocial Personality Disorder

Signs of antisocial personality disorder

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A person with antisocial personality disorder may:

  • exploit, manipulate or violate the rights ofothers
  • lack concern, regret or remorse about other people's distress
  • behave irresponsibly and show disregard for normal social behaviour
  • have difficulty sustaining long-term relationships
  • be unable to control their anger
  • lack guilt, or not learn from their mistakes
  • blame others for problems in their lives
  • repeatedly break the law

A person with antisocial personality disorder will have a history of conduct disorder during childhood, such as truancy (not going to school), delinquency for example, committing crimes or substance misuse and other disruptive and aggressive behaviours.

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Introduction

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