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 DEFINITION
The antisocial disorder of the personality is characterized by a general boss of scorn and violation of the rights of the others, which begins in the infancy or beginning of the adolescence and continues in the adult age. This boss has been named also like psychopathy, sociopatía or I disorder disocial of the personality; also, since two of the characteristics of this disorder are the trick and the manipulation, it is fundamental to validate the information that these subjects give us with other sources near to them (next relatives, friends, partners, etc.)
HOW IS IT EVIDENT?
The criteria that determine the antisocial personality, bearing in mind that the subject will have to fulfill at least three of them, are the following ones:
- I fail to adapt itself to the social norms as for legal behavior, as it indicates it perpetrating repeatedly acts that are a detention motive (for example, destruction of a property, to steal, etc.)
- Dishonesty, indicated for lying repeatedly, using an alias, defrauding others to obtain a personal benefit or for pleasing
- Impulsiveness in his decisions or incapability to plan the future
- Irritability and aggressiveness, indicated by repeated physical fights or aggressions (included ill-treatment to the spouse or to the children)
- Imprudent lack of concern for his safety or that of the others
- Persistent irresponsibility indicated by the incapability to support a work with steadfastness or to take charge of economic obligations (significant periods without employment even having opportunities to work, I retire of a work without any motive, I dismiss for lack of yield, etc.)
- Lacking in remorses, as it indicates the indifference or the justification of having damaged battered or stolen to others.
Apart from these criteria, to realize the diagnosis it is necessary that the subject fulfills three conditions: that has at least 18 years, that tests of a disorder exist disocial that begins before 15 years of age, and that the antisocial behavior does not appear exclusively in the course of a schizophrenia or maniac episode).
HOW ARE THESE SUBJECTS?
The subjects with antisocial disorder of the personality characterize almost always for lacking empathy (to "tune in" emotionally to other), as well as for showing an arrogant and conceited character (for example, not to take a realistic worry as his current or future problems) Another characteristic of these subjects is the psychopathy, which would include all the criminal acts, of crime or aggressive. On the other hand, it is frequent that the affected ones by the antisocial disorder experience disforia (the opposite thing to the euphoria), a low tolerance to the frustration and to the defeat in general (that is to say, that lose heart before the minor difficulty), and a depressive frame of mind with anxiety appearance. Finally, these individuals have more probabilities than the general population of dying prematurely. As for the course that continues the disorder, as most of the rest of the personality disorders are chronic, but the behaviors typical of the disorder on that we have commented can do less manifestoes to themselves as the subject is becoming major, especially as for the criminal behaviors and the consumption of substances.
CAUSES
An important aspect to bear in mind is the familiar boss related to subjects to this disorder, about which it has been observed that the appearance of this disorder is more probable in persons who have relatives of the first grade; also, the adoption studies have demonstrated that both the genetic factors and the environmental ones contribute to the risk to this group of disorders. Also, it has been observed that it is more proper than persons who have a low socioeconomic level and who live in the urban environment.
PREDOMINANCE
As for the predominance, the antisocial disorder of the personality happens in 3 % of males and in 1 % of women of the general population (According to the DSM-IV-tr).
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