PSY 602 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder
17 Mar 2016
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Fall within the larger dsm category of disruptive, impulse-control, and. Intermittent explosive disorder characterized by recurring and frequent behavioural outbursts: seen as representing the individual"s failure to control impulsive aggressive behaviour. Antisocial personality disorder (also a personality disorder) display a persistent pattern of aggressive and antisocial behaviour after the age of 18: patterns must be present since 15. Described by a pattern of symptoms that the dsm groups into 3 clusters: angry/irritable mood, argumentative/defiant behaviour, vindictiveness. Symptoms can be specified as mild (only in one setting), moderate (two settings), or severe (three settings or more) Some suggestion that odd is a predictor of later disruptive/externalizing disorders. Must cause distress or result in impairment in the child"s social, academic, or other areas of functioning. Represents more seriously aggressive and antisocial behaviours. Essential feature of the diagnosis is a repetitive and persistent pattern of behaviour that violates both the basic rights of others and major age- appropriate societal norms.
