Antisocial Personality Disorder Maria Vargas Antisocial Personality Disorder

Antisocial Personality Disorder Maria Vargas

Antisocial Personality Disorder � a mental health condition in which a person tends to harm themselves or others � People with ASP don’t care about others feelings or personal rights

What causes Antisocial Personality Disorder? �A persons thoughts, emotions and behaviors as they’re growing up � Genetics � Environment

Genetics & Environment � ASP can be inherited by parents � Child abuse can cause this disorder

APD Video � Sexually abused as a child � Led to killing others � He killed random people � Killed children because he didn’t want them to go what he went through � https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=0 qy. CR 9 t. PDg M

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Conduct Disorder � often bullies, threatens, or intimidates others � has been physically cruel to people and weird

Conduct Disorder � If it goes untreated it can cause Antisocial Personality disorder � Poor parenting � Parents with Antisocial Personality Disorder

How does a person get diagnosed with APD? � run a many medical and psychological tests and exams to help determine a diagnosis

Physical exam � This is done to help rule out other problems that could be causing symptoms and to check for any related complications � Symptoms like lying, lack of empathy for others, and poor relationship with others

Lab tests �A complete blood count, a thyroid function check, and screening for alcohol and drugs to determine if there are other causes for those same symptoms

Psychological evaluation �A doctor or mental health provider explores thoughts, feelings, relationships, behavior patterns and family history, which may include psychological tests about personality. � Asks about suicidal thoughts, self-injury and harming others

Can Antisocial Personality Disorder be treated? � Few people diagnosed with this disorder go get treatment � They also go to seek help for drug or alcohol abuse � Therapy

Types of therapy � Psychotherapy � Cognitive therapy � Medications

Psychotherapy � focus on helping the individual understand the nature and consequences of his disorder so he can be helped to control his behavior

Medications � Doesn’t completely improve it but it reduces aggression which is a common problem for many antisocials.

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