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ASDP is the abbrevation for the condition antisocial personality disorder. Antisocial personality disorder is a disease where a person suffers from thoughts, behaviours, and feelings that are considered to be abnormal. This disorder can also cause extreme paranoia. A high percentage of patients with this disorder tend to have lengthy criminal records, drug habits, and a history of learning disorders such as ADD or ADHD.
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Is there a cure for ASPD?
No. ASPD cannot be cured since it is a personality disorder. However, it can be controlled. There are certain medications, and treatments for this disorder.
Are sociopaths posessed?
No. However, sociopaths have a mental disorder called ASPD, or anti-social personality disorder.
What is the name of the mental illness that psychopaths have?
Their problem is often referred to as Anti-Social Personality Disorder (ASPD). It is usually not regarded as an illness but a personality disorder, that is, as an integral part of the personality.
Whats the percentage of people who have a lying disorder?
There's no such thing... But there is ASPD which could make people lie frequently, and 2.5 to 3.5 percent of people have that...
Are sociopaths rapists?
No, pedophilia is simply an attraction to prepubescent children. They are no more "sociopathic" than a person with a foot fetish, although pedophilia is looked down on much more than a foot fetish. The politically correct term for a "sociopath" is antisocial personality disorder. Although, a person with ASPD is characterized by having no remorse for their actions (which can make one believe that a person with a pedophile may have ASPD) just because a person is attracted to prepubescent peoples, it does not automatically diagnose them with ASPD.
What is a good connection between addiction and eating disorder?
An eating disorder is an addiction, sort of
Is a psychopath the same as someone with anti social personality disorder?
In practice, yes. The media have made the word psychopath unusable in most cases. Very, very few people with ASPD are killers.
Would medical marijuana help ASPD?
It has not been definitively proven, but a new treatment for ASPD does include the use of medical marijuana.
How do you know if someone is a socio path?
Sociopathy is a loosely-defined term that may be used to refer to:PsychopathyAntisocial personality disorder (ASPD)Dissocial personality disorderAbove all a sociopath has no conscience and his/her guiding principle is 'I do what I can get away with'.
What is being done to prevent ASPD?
To date there have been no controlled studies reported which found an effective treatment for ASPD. Some management programs are currently being used.
What are people without emotion called are they very different troublesome?
You might be referring to those with Antisocial Personality Disorder(ASPD), as they lack empathy. If you're talking about emotion in general, you're looking for apathy. As for the different/troublesome part of the question, you don't make yourself very clear, but I can tell you that although many people associate ASPD with Psychopathy (a more extreme form of the condition), not all Antisocials are 'troublesome'.
What other personality disorders have some characteristics of sociopathy?
Each personality disorder is classified into one of three "clusters": clusters A, B, or C. Cluster A is called the "eccentric" cluster, and it includes schizotypal, paranoid, and schizoid personality disorders. Cluster B is called the "dramatic" or "erratic" cluster, and it includes ASPD (another name for sociopathy), borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorder. Cluster C is called the "anxious" or "dependent" cluster, and it includes avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders. Cluster B is the one that shares the most characteristics with sociopathy. Borderline personality disorder is a disorder that is characterized by emotional instability. People with borderline generally are described as "childish", and they often feel as if they are victimized. Their emotional swings often resemble those of sociopathy. Histrionic personality disorder is characterized by attention seeking, including excess seduction, being the "life of the party" even if there isn't a party, and have quick mood swings (which is something that all of Cluster B has in common). This disorder is similar to sociopathy because of the need for all of the attention to be on them. Finally, we come to narcissistic personality disorder. Those with narcissistic personality disorder think of themselves as the greatest thing alive. They are bad at taking criticism in any way. They require constant attention, and they may lie to achieve their own goals. The main reason that those with narcissistic personality disorder resemble sociopaths, though, is because they feel little to no empathy. To sum that long answer up, borderline personality disorder resembles sociopathy because of its mood swings, histrionic personality disorder resembles sociopathy because of the attention-seeking, and narcissistic personality disorder resembles sociopathy because of the near or full lack of empathy.
