Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Mental Disorders > Personality Disorders > Antisocial Personality Disorder

Preferred term

Antisocial Personality Disorder  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A personality disorder whose essential feature is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. The individual must be at least age 18 and must have a history of some symptoms of CONDUCT DISORDER before age 15. (From DSM-IV, 1994). Behavior that sharply deviates from social norms and violates rights of others

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Antisocial Personality
  • Personality Disorder, Antisocial
  • Psychopathic Personality
  • Sociopathic Personality

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CGS01CW0-C

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 6/30/21