Sentences with phrase «into antisocial personality»

They need immediate help, otherwise the conduct disorder may develop into antisocial personality disorder.

Given that conduct disorder in children is a solid precursor to criminality in adults, more emphasis should be placed on diagnosing and treating conduct disorder in children before it is allowed to develop into antisocial personality disorder.

Not exact matches

Although not mentioned extensively in the text of the paper, there is a great need to try and identify those individuals, especially children, who may become susceptible to certain disorders or personality traits that can lead into antisocial, delinquent, or criminal behavior.

When substance use and antisocial behavior both began in childhood and continued into adulthood, both a substance use disorder and antisocial personality disorder should be diagnosed if the criteria for both are met, even though some antisocial acts may be a consequence of the substance use disorder (e.g., illegal selling of drugs, thefts to obtain money for drugs).

When antisocial behavior in an adult is associated with a substance use disorder, the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder is not made unless the signs of antisocial personality disorder were also present in childhood and have continued into adulthood.

In about 40 percent of cases, childhood onset conduct disorder develops into adult antisocial personality disorder.8 Adolescent conduct disorder should be considered in social context.

Individuals with antisocial personality disorder tend to be irritable and aggressive and may repeatedly get into physical fights or commit acts of physical assault (including spouse beating or child beating)(Criterion A4).

Conduct disorder, if continuing into adulthood, may be diagnosed as antisocial personality disorder (dissocial personality disorder in the ICD).

The essential feature of antisocial personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.