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Treatment of antisocial personality, psychopathy, and other characterologic antisocial syndromes
Author(s) -
Reid William H.,
Gacono Carl
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/1099-0798(200010)18:5<647::aid-bsl407>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - psychopathy , antisocial personality disorder , psychology , pessimism , personality , clinical psychology , poison control , psychiatry , injury prevention , medicine , medical emergency , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology
Treatment of antisocial personality disorder (APD) and “;core” psychopathy is usually considered a pessimistic clinical exercise. This paper reviews the importance of accurate diagnosis (including differences between APD and other antisocial syndromes), limited techniques for predicting and preventing adult antisocial syndromes, several kinds of treatment that have been attempted with varying success, management of specific antisocial behaviors, and the frustrations—even dangers—of working with severely antisocial patients. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.