"Anti-Social Personality Disorder" as a Matter of Unfair Prejudice

​Most of the Researchers and Some Academics have moved beyond the DSM 5 and Clusters of Symptoms to Categorize Psychiatric Disorders --- that should be mattering a lot to Criminal Justice and those UNFAIRLY PREJUDICIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER DIAGNOSES.

The National Institute of Mental Health has a complicated "MATRIX" as part of their Research Domain Criteria Program --- and we're not quite there yet.

In the meantime, RESEARCHERS and ACADEMICS have started to look at PSYCIATRIC DISORDERS in terms of INTEGRATED SYSTEMS of the body.

On the other hand, there is NO PERFECT KNOWLEDGE --- yet.


It is hard to get away from the CONCEPT of BURDEN OF PROOF and how MESSY it looks in this CONTEXT.

"Burden of Proof" is especially problematic in terms of PUNISHMENT --- "PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT."

From a practical standpoint -- we've already started the TRANSITION to a PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH to CRIMINAL JUSTICE and a "PROBLEM-SOLVING"  Approach --- demanding both

• Better Treatment, and
• Better Safety.

Olmstead Planning is a BIG PART of that --- and all sides of Criminal Justice should be well represented.

Personality Disorders --- Unscientific & Vague -- Must Be Reformed

Hofstra Law Review: Deconstructing Anti-Social Personality Disorder and Psychopathy

​What's UNFAIR and UNDULY PREJUDICIAL about "PERSONALITY DISORDERS," and SPECIFICALLY "ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALTIY DISORDER"?
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*Those diagnoses are UNSCIENTIFIC
*Those diagnoses are VAGUE
*Perhaps most importantly, those PERSONALITY DISORDER DISAGNOSES don't get to the UNDERLYING BIOLOGY --- and CLINICAL PROFESSIONALS TEND NOT TO CONSIDER THE BIOLOGY when it comes to PERSONALITY DISORDERS.
*On the other hand, Researchers and Academics are increasing considering the BIOLOGY of ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY DISRDER ----

• and it is looking much more COMPLICATED, DEVELOPMENTAL and related to the DEVELOPMENTAL DIFFERENCE or DISABILITY of "ADHD."

*This is going to the BLURRING of PSYSCHIATRIC CATEGORIES across the board and a move to understanding UNDERLYING BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS rather than clusters of symptoms.
*One of those UNDERLYING BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS is often MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION.

Orchid's 2020 Report on Anti-Social Personality Disorder & the Criminal Justice System

Anti-Social Personality Disorder as a Neuro-Developmental Disorder