Psychiatry and Psychology

Antisocial Personality Disorder

A personality disorder whose essential feature is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. The individual must be at least age 18 and must have a history of some symptoms of CONDUCT DISORDER before age 15. (From DSM-IV, 1994).

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A personality disorder whose essential feature is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. The individual must be at least age 18 and must have a history of some symptoms of CONDUCT DISORDER before age 15. (From DSM-IV, 1994).

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29 entry terms
  • Antisocial Personality
  • Personality Disorder, Antisocial
  • Psychopathic Personality
  • Sociopathic Personality
  • Antisocial Personalities
  • Antisocial Personality Disorders
  • Disorder, Antisocial Personality
  • Disorders, Antisocial Personality
  • Personalities, Antisocial
  • Personalities, Psychopathic
  • Personalities, Sociopathic
  • Personality Disorders, Antisocial
  • Personality, Antisocial
  • Personality, Psychopathic
  • Personality, Sociopathic
  • Psychopathic Personalities
  • Sociopathic Personalities
  • Antisocial Behavior
  • Deviant Behavior
  • Dyssocial Behavior
  • Antisocial Behaviors
  • Behavior, Antisocial
  • Behavior, Deviant
  • Behavior, Dyssocial
  • Behaviors, Antisocial
  • Behaviors, Deviant
  • Behaviors, Dyssocial
  • Deviant Behaviors
  • Dyssocial Behaviors

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History Note

81; was ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY 1976-80, was ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY see under SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY 1969-75; SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY was heading 1963-75

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  1. F03w.675w.050w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Antisocial Personality Disorder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000987. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000987
  2. Antisocial Personality Disorder. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder
  3. Antisocial Personality Disorder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118418