Anti-Social_Personality_Disorder

Anti-Social Personality Disorder DEFINITION Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) is perhaps the most frightening of all personality disorders, as well as one of the most difficult to diagnose. Personality disorders in general are defined as inflexible, maladaptive, personality traits that cause personal distress or an inability to get along with others. APD specifically is characterized by deceitfulness, lack of regret or remorse over actions, impulsiveness, aggression towards others or animals, irresponsibility and a general failure to conform to the norms of society. The person with APD can be described as one who feels nothing or almost nothing towards any other living thing, except perhaps contempt. However, they can still be quite charming when it suits them (such as con artists)and they can appear quite normal to the average person. It is possible that the development of APD begins in childhood, although it is not diagnosed as such until after eighteen years antisocial, personality, disorder, apd, disorders, lack, cause, behavior, abuse, about, personality, drugs, symptoms, since, person, patient, brain, age, yet, treatment, substance, however, failure, child, being, began, appear, until, people, others, lower, long, indicated, include, gacy, found, due, done, disregard, development, childhood, been, another, aggression, years, while, violent, very, time, study