Many of these children are violent and aggressive and as adults are at risk of developing a variety of psychological problems and personality disorders, including antisocial personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and
psychopathic personality disorder.
Psychopathic Personality Disorder in terms of the personal traits can be quite similar that of a sociopath.
Not exact matches
Persons with immature or malformed superegos (called «character
disorder» or «
psychopathic personalities» in traditional psychiatric language) need a different type of growth and therefore a different approach to therapy.
Some, but definitively not all, people who have had one or both
disorder are at greater risk for antisocial or
psychopathic personalities as adults.
Can psychotherapy help forensic patients with
personality disorders, including
psychopathic ones, recover and lead safer and more productive lives?
Will Schema Therapy be significantly more effective for forensic patients with
personality disorders, including
psychopathic patients who are usually considered to be untreatable?
Taken together, is it any wonder that many people believe that forensic patients with
personality disorders, and especially
psychopathic ones, are untreatable?
Adult
psychopathic personality with childhood - onset hyperactivity and conduct
disorder: A central problem constellation in forensic psychiatry.
We hope the popular media and, in turn, the general public will begin to recognize
psychopathic personality as an emotional
disorder and relinquish the easy stereotype of psychopath - as - monster.
Like all
personality disorders, a
psychopathic personality can not be diagnosed before the age of 18 (American Psychiatric Association 1994); however, individuals can show
psychopathic traits before this age.