what to do if i do not understand antisocial personality disorder/sociopathy/psychopathy can someone explain it to me?

Question

What's the difference between a psychopath, sociopath, borderline personality disorder, and narcissism?

Answer 1

The conditions you: mention cannot be explained in a brief online response. Please see a mental health professional for a proper diagnosis and treatment. They all relate to the way one sees others and treats/mistreats them. Peace and good health.

Answer 2

Antisocial: The modern clinical term for sociopathy is antisocial personality disorder. The hallmark of this disorder is the person seems to have no conscience, or sense of morality, or right or wrong. This person cannot empathize with others, is opportunistic, predatory, and often thrill seeking. An example of this would be Charles Manson.

Answer 3

No: This depends on the child, the personality, the treatment, and the circumstances.

Answer 4

Probably not but....: Many people with personality disorders have a hx of childhood abuse but 1/4 of children have had some kind of abuse!

Answer 5

Same and different: A psychopath is someone with little to no empathy, very shallow emotions, and poor connections to others. Very poor understanding of social norms. A sociopath has much the same issue, but more so in terms of interactions with others, often being manipulative, cunning, and using others as a tool. Both are very egocentric, and put themselves first always. Many juvenile delinquents are at least one.

Answer 6

Psychopaths and soci: Hello, psychopaths often have little to no remorse as much as the sociopath who tends to be a follower in a crowd.S.

Answer 7

Interchangable: Essentially the terms are interchangeable, with neither really being worse than the other. The full, true clinical term is antisocial personality disorder, the hallmark of which is for the most part, a person who has no conscience, who exploit others, who are extremely likely to be involved in criminal activity, and yes, who have a history of legal troubles often dating back to early childhood.

Answer 8

Sometimes: There are cases where some of the personalities may be aware of the others but, as a general rule, persons with dissociative identity disorder (the clinical name for mpd) aren't aware of the different personalities within their psyche. Similarly, they are often not aware of what they are doing when the different personalities are controlling their actions, which can often be very frightening!

Answer 9

Sometimes: Mpd or multiple personality disorder is no longer the term used to describe this controversial disorder. Instead it is termed dissociative identity disorder. Recent studies show that most of the mpd cases were probably therapist or psychiatrist induced so the new terminology was introduced to better explain the problem. Extinguishing the different personalities is the main goal of treatment.

Answer 10

Sociopath?: The diagnosis of sociopathy refers to the whole way you live, chiefly manifest by complete lack of respect or ability to understand and emphathize with another person. A single incident in court does not imply this diagnosis. Sociopaths, because they don't respect the rights and property of others, do end up in court or juvenile hall a lot, but so do a lot of other teens who just make bad choices.

Answer 11

Not always: Sociopath has been replaced with the term antisocial personality disorder, which usually requires persistent types of sociopathic behavor after age 18. Now if there was a lot of legal transgressions before 18 and continued problems sustaining relationships, hurting others, stealing, etc. The diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder would be a consideration.

Answer 12

Yes: Psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals have experience with people who have histrionic personality disorder. Many other physicians encounter and work with them also, but are not the primary ones to treat this problem. Mental health professionals would be best suited to help such a person directly.

Answer 13

Histrionic: The hallmark of a histrionic is that the person has to be at the center of attention at all times. It's like watching an actor who is always playing a role "on stage" and very uncomfortable with NOT being the center of attention.

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