anti-social personality disorder and Other Mental Disorders
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The National Institute of Mental Health discovered in 2013 that 5 Mental Disorders that were thought to be distinct were much more BLURRED than anyone knew. Those disorders were:
But what about ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER which is often the diagnosis of last and sometimes first resort in the criminal justice system. This page is looking at comorbidity of the above mental disorders with "anti-social personality disorder." NOTE: the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden refers to anti-social personality disorder as one of the EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY DISORDERS. 
Comorbidities of Antisocial Personality Disorder (2020) Summary Excerpt Comorbidity with other mental disorders in patients with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is underappreciated despite compelling evidence that such comorbidities are more the rule than the exception in clinical practice. This chapter reviews the prevalence of comorbidities in ASPD, potential etiopathological explanations for the frequent co‐occurrence of psychiatric disorders in ASPD, and the impact thereupon on the management of these patients in clinical practice. |
Similar changes in the brains of patients with ADHD and emotional instability
Date: August 31, 2018 Source: Karolinska Institutet Summary: In both ADHD and emotional instability disorders (e.g. borderline and antisocial personality disorder as well as conduct disorder in children), the brain exhibits similar changes in overlapping areas, meaning that the two types of conditions should be seen as related and attention should be paid to both during diagnosis. ACADEMIC PROPOSAL THAT ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER IS A NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERAre We Ready for that Public Health Approach to Criminal Justice?
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