0
What is the prognosis for someone who is a sociopath or has an antisocial personality disorder?
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
The condition is not curable, nor is it even treatable.
There is no known treatment of any kind for antisocial personality disorder that has shown any efficacy. No drugs have shown to be effective and interactions with therapists tend to make sociopaths more manipulative, rather than less so.
The only available option, sadly, is to incarcerate sociopaths if and when they commit a crime.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is a name of someone that has antisocial disorder?
The most common term is sociopath. However, like most catchall terms, sociopath often is used to refer to people with other personality disorders. The correct term is "antisocial personality."
How old can sociopathy be identified?
To be diagnossed with Antisocial Personality Disorder, which is the official term for a sociopath, you must be 18 years old.
What is the prognosis for oppositional defiant disorder?
The outcome varies. In some children the disorder evolves into a conduct disorder or a mood disorder. Later in life, oppositional defiant disorder can develop into passive aggressive personality disorder or antisocial personality disorder
What mental illnesses display sociopath tendencies?
* Antisocial personality disorder - Psychopaths/sociopaths * Narcissistic personality disorder * Histrionic personality disorder * Schizoid personality disorder * Borderline personality disorder These all have some of the symptoms of sociopaths, there may be more but these are the ones that I currently know of. This is a good reference site: http://www.crescentlife.com/disorders/personality_disorders.htm
What age does antisocial personality disorder begin?
Antisocial personality does not have a starting age, but rather a cutoff. Antisocial Personality Disorder must be exhibited before the age of 12, at the latest the age of 15.
What word encompasses the meanings of both psychopath and sociopath?
"Both meanings" doesn't even make sense considering that they are interchangeable terms. They are under antisocial behavioral disorder and are/is categorized as a personality disorder.
Are sociopaths hypochondriacs?
Sociopaths are not necessarily hypochondriacs. Hypochondria is a completely different mental disorder from antisocial personality disorder (sociopathy/psychopathy). Those with hypochondria excessively worry about having serious illnesses, often jumping from doctor to doctor to check for their diagnoses. On the other hand, despite the name, those with antisocial personality disorder are not always antisocial; they can actually be rather talkative people. Those with antisocial personality disorder often lack empathy for others and may participate in stealing or lying. Although hypochondria and antisocial personality disorder are different, it doesn't mean that someone can't be both a hypochondriac and a sociopath. Thus, the question you posed is not impossible, but sociopathy is not classified under hypochondria.
How is a socipath different from an antisocial person?
A sociopath has little to no regard for rules or effect of their actions on others. An anti social person is someone who doesn't want to interact with people or go out, but the disease (Antisocial Personality Disorder) is the same thing as a sociopath. A person can exhibit antisocial behavior, delinquency as a juvenile, early sexual activity, criminal behavior and not have Antisocial Personality Disorder. In many cases, the person is 'acting out' or are simply emulating the behavior of those they associate with. The diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder applies only to individuals who have both the behavioral issues listed above (and others) as well as certain personality features such as arrogance, extreme sense of entitlement, lack of guilt, empathy, or remorse, a cocky or excessively self-assured attitude, and an inability to tolerate boredom.
How likely is it that Melissa huckaby is a sociopath?
If she committed the acts that she is alleged to have committed, the likelihood is extremely high that she is either given to psychotic episodes, or is a psychopath. Sociopathy is an inexact term that has come into popular use to describe people suffering from a variety of disorders including antisocial personality disorder, asocial personality disorder, psychopathic personality disorder, and narcissistic personality disorder.
Can you have bipolar and a personality disorder?
Yes, I believe that both bipolar disorder and antisocial personality disorder can coexist. People are complex and unique and both the labels of bipolar disorder and antisocial personality disorder are abstractions are are ways to classify human beings.
What personalities are associated with stalking?
1. Antisocial personality Disorder 2. Borderline Personality Disorder
What are common symptoms associated with antisocial personality disorder?
The common symptoms associated with antisocial personality disorder are persistent patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors which is significantly different than normal behaviors. Alcoholism, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, drug use, schizophrenia are common in antisocial personality disorder.
