Information on Antisocial Personal Disorder

Antisocial personality disorder is a long lasting pattern of behavior and experience that causes mismatch functioning and results in distress.
Subjects with antisocial personality disorder do not care for society's norms and do not care for others rights. Subject with this type of personality sometimes have a history of criminal activity. They can be reckless or sometimes violent.

CAUSES OF ANTISOCIAL PERSONAL DISORDER

The various factors which leads to the development of antisocial personal disorder are:-

1. Effect of family environment.
2. Genetic factors.

SYMPTOMS OF ANTISOCIAL PERSONAL DISORDER

Various symptoms that are shown by a person with antisocial disorder are:-

1. Impulsive.
2. Reckless.
3. Deceitful
4. Irresponsible.
5. Remorseless.
6. Irritable.

DIAGNOSIS OF ANTISOCIAL PERSONAL DISORDER

So far there are no laboratory tests available to assist in diagnosing of antisocial personal disorder. The diagnosis is made on the basis of a subject’s medical history and also by person’s mental health in professional life and personal life.

TREATMENT OF ANTISOCIAL PERSONAL DISORDER

Treatment for a person with antisocial personal disorder is a very long process. There is no easy medical cure. Bearing this in mind the principle of benefit, while a very basic one that is related to the ancient medical ethics of ‘do no harm’, is very important to subject if he/she is to return to the community. Subject should receive the best possible treatment. When it comes to choosing the course of treatment subject has the right to participate in any decisions made, subject should be properly informed about all the options available to him/her and because he/she has capacity should have right to refuse consent to any therapy offered.