The crucial characteristic of antisocial personality disorder is repeated lack of concern for and violation of the rights of others. Other core features of this disorder are manipulation and deceit. The antisocial person feels no remorse for hurting others. They may become irritable and aggressive. People with antisocial personality disorder lack responsibility and fail to plan ahead. The film I chose to view this week was “The Talented Mr. Ripley”. Tom Ripley is the main character in this film. I feel that Tom could be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. Throughout the film we see Tom in situations where he lies, lies more to cover up his previous lies, and kills others to prevent them from discovering his lies. In order to be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder the person must have at least 3 symptoms as indicated by the DSM-IV-TR. Out of the 7 criteria, I believe Tom possesses at least 6 of these traits. Tom is observed to be deceitful as he repeatedly lies, pretends to be someone else, and makes others believe his lies. To me, a clear motive isn’t clear, however it appears that he does these things either out of habit, or as like a game to see if he can get away with it. We see Tom engage in impulsive behaviors not really thinking through the consequences of his choices. When people begin to catch him in his lies or attempt to confront him he becomes irritable and aggressive. Tom appears to show little to no remorse for his actions. Tom also fails to conform to social norms as we see him repeatedly break the law. In one of the first scenes Tom is playing piano at a wedding and wearing a Princeton jacket. He did not own the jacket, yet when asked if he had went to the school he said h... ... middle of paper ... ...client. I worry that if there was a chance of therapy to be effective, this would not be helpful. It has been noted that this disorder usually develops earlier in the adolescent or childhood years. It’s often first observed as conduct disorder. I think it would be more effective to treat children or adolescents with this disorder as their thinking patterns are not as engrained as a 40-year olds. I believe that treatment for this disorder would involve building a trusting relationship with the client. I’d also make sure that I followed/set clear boundaries with the client. I’d be careful at what I revealed about myself as it would be easy for the client to use that information against me. We would work on developing empathy towards others and changing maladaptive though processes. I would also make referral to a psychiatrist for potential drug treatment.
The symptoms an individual could show and experience if they were diagnosed with having an anti-social personality disorder include, but are not limited to, the inability to function in a regular society, fear of interacting with any normal inhabitant of said society, the distancing of oneself from the society he/she has an inability to inte...
He was tormented and mocked at by his aunt; she repeatedly called him a sissy. Perhaps the fact that he wanted to kill her can be seen as the initial sign of his development into the enigmatic, sociopathic killer he has become. A personality disorder, such as sociopathy can be defined as a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood and continues into adulthood. These seem to be the exact characteristics of Tom Ripley. However, only a...
First, Anti Social Personality Disorder is a mental condition that can cause a person to think and behave in a destructive manner. “Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is characterized by a pattern of socially irresponsible, exploitative, and guiltless behavior. ASPD is associated with co-occurring mental health and addictive disorders and medical comorbidity.” (Black, 2015) People with ASPD have a habit of antagonizing and manipulating others but also have no awareness for what is right and what is wrong. One tends to disregard the feelings and wishes of others. “ASPD typically begins during childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.” (Kivi, 2012) ASPD usually is noticed around 8 years old, but it is categorized as a conduct disorder. Though children can be treated in what doctors may think is ASPD, children will not be completely diagnosed with the title of ASPD until at least 18 years of age. In time those with ASPD behavior usually end up turning criminal.
The first being antisocial personality, people with this disorder are not able to recognize right or wrong. Individuals with this disorder do not care for anyone and will do anything to reach their desired outcome. They feel no
Another way to put this would be that a person with antisocial personality disorder will display psychopathic or sociopathic traits beginning in early in their life and continuing into adulthood. People with this disorder often have a lack of empathy or remorse, an aggressiveness towards people in many situations, and deceitfulness and manipulation. For example, a person with antisocial personality disorder may justify an action that they made against someone else by saying, “well they had it coming.” Or, the person may play with people’s thoughts and emotions in order to receive personal gain, which could be anything from sex to money to
Throughout the film, Dr. Lector demonstrates all of the diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality disorder. _________ Defines this disorder as “a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others” (pg.400). The first criteria
“Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a long-standing pattern of a disregard for other people’s rights, often crossing the line and violating those rights. It usually begins in childhood or as a teen and continues into their adult lives.” (Staff & Grohol, 2014) Individuals with antisocial personality often display deviant behavior throughout their life and are often classified as different outcast groups in the society such as sociopaths and psychopaths. People with this disorder tend to social predators who befriend individuals and overtime gain their trust and loyalty then cause pain and suffering to these individual’s lives without feeling any form of remorse.
In order to gain an understanding of antisocial personality disorder and treatments used in working with the disorder, is is important to examine changes in the diagnostic criteria and personality traits associated with antisocial personality disorder over time. However, the disorder was not actually listed and defined until the DSM-III in 1980. Prior to that ASD was lumped in with psychopathy and sociopathy. Around the 1970’s psychopathy became the focus at attempts of standardization. Robert Hare developed a diagnostic tool, the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) (Pickersgill, 2012). This helped advance the understanding of psychopathology however, it should be used more as a tool for classifying rather than diagnosing the disorder. Hare’s research and development of the PCL-R set up the foundation for
The main cause of antisocial personality disorder is unknown. However, genetic factors and environmental factors are both believed to be linked to antisocial personality disorder. Environmental factors include being a victim to child abuse or a dysfunctional family life. “People with an antisocial or alcoholic parent are at increased risk”:(“Antisocial Personality Disorder Symptoms,” 2013). On the other hand, research suggests that genetics could also be a factor. When abnormalities development in the nervous system, this leads to learning disorders, hyperactivity, and bedwetting which in turn leads to antisocial personality disorder.:(“Antisocial Personality Disorder Symptoms,” 2013). Not only are the causes unclear, but also because they are unclear exams and tests are given to determine if one has the disorder or not. “Antisocial personality disorder is diagnosed based on a psychological evaluation that assesses the history and severity of symptoms. To be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, a person must have had conduct d...
There are many movies that portray mental and psychological disorders, from these I chose the award winning movie: Rain Man. Rain Man was released on December 14, 1988. In the beginning of this movie, a car dealer, Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), learns that his father has died and returns home to Cincinnati to attend his funeral. Charlie and his father had a falling out with each other starting when Charlie was sixteen years old and decided to steal his father’s car for a victory lap around town. His father reported the car stolen, resulting in Charlie being arrested. Charlie’s friends got off with a warning, however Charlie’s father decided to leave his son in jail for two days before he got him out. Charlie’s mother died when he was two years
Some of the criteria that a sociopath is required to meet are the outright display of more than three symptoms of antisocial personality
Although, this session ended with amazing results, I feel as though I need more practice with this type of therapy. I have to continue to practice on allowing the patient to come up with their own solutions. I found it hard not giving advice to my client, because I already knew the situation. However, in the end I found myself very proud, because even though this was not a real therapy session, but the client was able to find a real solution to her problem. This experience is one that teaches the therapist restraint, it allows one to step back and listen. It also gives the client the opportunity to reach a solution themselves without someone giving them the answer to their
With this disorder it is important to build a positive relationship with the client. It’ll be important to use patience as the client may struggle to trust the therapist which may affect the direction of treatment. Also when working with the client, I may suggest medication therapy if they desire. I feel that this disorder is treatable and that with the approaches most clients will experience improvement.
Antisocial personality disorder is defined as a type of chronic mental condition that a person’s way of thinking and disregarding situations are dysfunctional (Antisocial Personality Disorder, 2013). In Henry’s case it is defined as physical or verbally harmful to others including animals and property that includes violent behaviors that is not expected in a child in normal social settings or expectations (Antisocial Personality Disorder- Children’s Health, 2015). Violence is common with antisocial personality disorder in children. There are also many symptoms to antisocial personality disorder in children also. Symptoms may include the child not knowing from right and wrong, lying constantly, having lack of empathy for others and lack of remorse
Antisocial personality disorder falls under the category of the personality disorder criteria, as it essentially involves the impairment in self and interpersonal functioning and pathological personality traits deterioration.