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One reason for the resistance is that ASP is still not universally accepted by psychologists as a diagnosis. Some critics dismiss it as a category so broad as to be useless. "It's used for everyone from the person who cheats on his income taxes to Attila the Hun," says...
The search for causes of antisocial personality disorder gives rise to the usual debate between nature and nurture. Studies have found that insufficient bonding between infants and mothers is a strong indicator for ASP and that people with ASP often come from abusive or impoverished home environments. But increasingly, research...
Thomas Thompson, a New Mexico forensic psychologist, insists that ASPs are "hardwired to act out," and that "they lack free will." His evaluations recently helped convert the sentences of two death-row inmates to life in prison. Yet Thompson's brand of biological determinism sets off alarms for many. "The...
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How can the disorder be treated? Though certain medications, like Depakote, curb individual symptoms like aggression and impulsiveness, there have been no drug trials specifically for ASP. Fonagy claims intensive psychotherapy and parent training can help. But researchers say that signs of ASP often show up by age four or...