You can find all of this info on the 1000 other similar threads you created.
Posted this on psychforums (http://www.psychforums.com/antisocial-personality/topic173248.html) as well for anyone who may be interested in checking out people's responses there. My own responses are also on there (I use Reaper on that forum as well). I don't think I'll bother reiterating them here unless anyone wants me to.
Here are a list of signs and symptoms of AsPD, as provided by the Mayo Clinic website:
Antisocial personality disorder signs and symptoms may include:
- Disregard for right and wrong
- Persistent lying or deceit to exploit others
- Using charm or wit to manipulate others for personal gain or for sheer personal pleasure
- Intense egocentrism, sense of superiority and exhibitionism
- Recurring difficulties with the law
- Repeatedly violating the rights of others by the use of intimidation, dishonesty and misrepresentation
- Child abuse or neglect
- Hostility, significant irritability, agitation, impulsiveness, aggression or violence
- Lack of empathy for others and lack of remorse about harming others
- Unnecessary risk-taking or dangerous behaviors
- Poor or abusive relationships
- Irresponsible work behavior
- Failure to learn from the negative consequences of behavior
When answering the following questions choose only from the list above.
What would you say the core traits of AsPD are that most, if not all, people with AsPD are likely to have?
Of those core traits you listed in the first question, do you think there is one core trait that truly defines AsPD? If yes, which one and why that one in particular?
If you have been diagnosed with AsPD or suspect you have it, which trait of the disorder affects your life and/or those around you the most?
If you have some traits of AsPD, but not the disorder itself, which traits do you have and which is the most predominant one?
If you don't have AsPD, but know someone who does, what do you think their most predominant trait is?
AsPD is a junk DX. It's a mix of those who are dyssocial to a point of criminal behavior, for totally different reasons.
Some of them are psychopaths. But even that concept is rotten, because it excludes typical female psychopaths and wrongly puts them in the box of narcissism. Because the male aspect is stressed, and things like neglect and mental abuse is played down.
So basically these categories are just junk. Someone needs to seriously rethink them. If I still was in the field I'd like to work on this.
"AsPD is a junk DX. It's a mix of those who are dyssocial to a point of criminal behavior, for totally different reasons."
Personality disorders are indeed very sloppy "cookie-cutter" ways of categorizing people in order for psychologists and psychiatrists to better handle them. They are unfortunately necessary because cognitive empathy in most persons (including mental health workers) is often insufficient for really "getting to know" a patient.
The "therapist-patient" relationship also frequently suffers from the therapist thinking that they "know better." After all, they're sitting in the chair with the framed degrees behind it.
The categories can always be made better. Take for instance psychopathy which I think is a real category. You don't have to be criminal to be a psychopath. You can be a so called corporate psychopath, also DSM totally dismiss the more female side of psychopathy. Female psychopaths, especially those in the older generation stay at home moms will have totally different issues. If labeled at all they will be called narcissists. Young women will be labeled BPD. Because they do not live up to AsPD, STILL being psychopaths.
I know a narcissist mom and a psychopath mom and they are actually quite different.
In the future, diagnosing will be done with brain scans, then we will get rid of this nonsense.