Question 1

is there a relationship between reactive attachment disorder and antisocial personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Children/teenagers with reactive attachment disorder fail to learn how to connect with and feel empathy for others, which is perhaps the core deficit in antisocial personality disorder. A deficit that leads to many of the observed antisocial behaviors.

Question 2

is it ok if someone with antisocial personality disorder form a relationship?

Accepted Answer

Yes but: This type of relationship can never be healthy.  If formed with another antisocial person, it can result in serious criminal activities.  If formed with a  social person, it will destroy the social person.  Antisocial personalitiies need serious treatment in order to proceed with what we consider as a normal productive healthy life with anyone including themselves.

Question 3

could i have borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

Borderline-antisocia: Yes you can have both - typically there are very similar qualities in both disorders.  The primary difference that with antisocial there is a disregard for others and social norms and often criminal behavior.  Borderline fears abandonment, whereas antisocial does not typically have that characteristic.

Question 4

how common is it in people with conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

Antisocial: Not uncommon to see conduct disorder along with oppositional defiant/adhd disorders.

Question 5

could a person with antisocial personality disorder ever change ?

Accepted Answer

Personality Disorder: Difficulty question to ask, much less to answer. Research indicates that folks with this disorder are more resistant to changing for a variety of reasons.  That doesn't mean that change isn't possible. Depends on the person's desire and/or motivation to change, and willingness to persist. And what the person might see what's "in it for them" as a reward.

Question 6

what are typical symptoms of somebody with antisocial personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

None really: Antisocial personality is a group of maladaptive behaviors and not really symptoms.  A person will exhibit narcissism, tendency to violence, lack of morals, impulsivity and will not realize they have a problem because they are just reacting to how badly the world has treated them...They think.   They will not see their behavior as maladaptive, rather they will think they are justified.

Question 7

how do you treat antisocial personality disorder in teens?

Accepted Answer

Professional Only: Treatment is strictly left to the professionals.  A nonprofessional has no business in even attempting any treatment whatsoever.

Question 8

do you think there is a cure for antisocial personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Will require years of therapy and a recognition of, and commitment to conforming with rules and expectations.

Question 9

help please! is antisocial personality disorder a mental illness?

Accepted Answer

Yes & No: Personality disorders are in a group of psychiatric diagnoses call 'axis ii' and merit treatment, usually counseling as meds rarely help. On the other hand, to be technical antisocial personality is not viewed as a mental illness in criminal courts where pleas of insanity sometimes occur.

Question 10

what is bpd with narcissm? and what is mild antisocial personality disorder?

Accepted Answer

Bipolar disease: is a psychiatric disease  characterized by mood swings of depression and mania  broken into 2 types : bipolar 1 and 2 depending on the presence of 1 or more manic episodes. Antisocial personality disorder involves avoidance of generalized socialization and social interaction often preventing patient from being able to function in the real world. Psychotherapy and medicine are the usual therapies.

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