In the case of HPD, they don't know yet. In the case of APD, they're finding brain based and biological evidence of factors such as brain malfunction.
* 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
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.
histrionic 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.
1. Antisocial personality Disorder 2. Borderline Personality Disorder
Some good movies and films for studying personality disorders are "Gone With the Wind" (narcissistic personality disorder), "Funny Girl" (narcissistic personality disorder), "Girl, Interrupted" (borderline personality disorder), "The Godfather" (antisocial personality disorder), and "Wall Street" (antisocial personality disorder).
could be depression, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Schizoid Personality Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, paranoid Personality Disorder, etc. . .
No.
I think a concommitant disorder with an antisocial disorder would be generalized anxiety, paranoia, addiction and dissociative identity disorder (DID).
Narcissistic personality disorder or antisocial personality disorder would be candidates.
The essential feature of the antisocial personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and the violation of, the rights of others. Desalvo most certainly qualifies.
Histrionic males are rare. The differences between the Histrionic Personality Disorder and soamtic narcissism are subtle.