User:Mr. Ibrahem/Antisocial personality disorder

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD or APD) is a personality disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of disregard for the rights of others. There is often a history of crime, repeated lying, poor planning, aggressive behavior, little regard for the safety of others, and indifference following the harming others. Complications may include unemployment and suicide.

Risk factors include family history, poverty, and child abuse or nelect. Symptoms are present from at least the age of 15 and conduct disorder is present before that age. Formal diagnosis requires someone to be over the age of 17. The symptoms of antisocial personality disorder has also been labelled as psychopathy, sociopathy, and dissocial personality disorder (DPD). It is a cluster B personality disorder.

There is no specific treatment, with efforts directed at improving symptoms. Hospitalization has not been found to be useful. ASPD affected about 0.2% to 3.3% of people in a given year. Males are affected about three times more commonly than females. In male populations with alcohol of substance misuse disorder rates may be greater than 70%. The condition may get less severe with age. Those affected are more likely to die due to violence.