Antisocial personality disorder is a personality disorder characterized by a general disregard for and violation of the rights of others. Commonly referred to as psychopaths or sociopaths, up to 3% of people in the United States meet the criteria for antisocial personality disorder, and up to 80% of them are men.
Borderline personality disorder is a personality disorder in which the individual displays instability of interpersonal relationships, mood, self-image, and engages in impulsive behaviors. 2% of the population is believed to suffer from this disorder, 75% of them women. ...
A group of disorders which both antisocial personality disorder and borderline personality disorder share some features with are impulse-control disorders; this group has impulsivity, rather than personality, as the central feature. Some specific disorders in the group are pyromania, kleptomania, trichotillomania, intermittent explosive disorder, pathological lying, and compulsive gambling. ...
Antisocial personality disorder is closely linked, in adults, to criminal behavior. ...
Treatments for both antisocial personality disorder and borderline personality disorder have been relatively unsuccessful.
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