What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?

Have you ever seen someone who doesn’t pay respect to others, who don’t follow social norms or rules, who breaks the law or causes immense physical or emotional harm to the people around them & don’t ever regret it? Then these people might be experiencing antisocial personality disorder. An antisocial personality disorder is a mental illness in which people don’t understand what to react or behave in a society.

Did you know? – “Antisocial personality disorder starts to show its symptoms during early teenage. If the child is diagnosed and treated early, this illness may not continue to adulthood.“

What makes people behave like that?

According to research, there is no particular cause of anti-social personality disorder, but the risk of developing the disorder might increase due to the following factors:

1. Genetics: Some people might develop specific traits of antisocial personality disorder since birth due to genetic factors. But, no single genetic actor is declared to be responsible for developing this disorder.
2. Environment: Previously experienced trauma or abuse in childhood can be a crucial reason for the development of antisocial personality disorder.
3. Lifestyle: Having a bad lifestyle affects your mental health as well as physical health. Not being in a good mental state for most of the time can create complications with the people around.

How do we know that someone is experiencing antisocial personality disorder?

People with antisocial personality disorder show the following symptoms:

1. They are aggressive.
2. They keep blaming others for their problems.
3. They consciously break the law.
4. They have an urge to destroy property.
5. They always try to manipulate others.
6. They have no guilt after hurting people.

Can Antisocial Personality Disorder be Treated?

1. As every disorder can be cured with good treatment and psychological support by mental health professionals, the treatment of antisocial personality disorder includes the following aspects in it.
2. Antidepressants are given by psychiatrists to regulate the serotonin levels in your brain.
3. Antipsychotics control aggression and violent behavior.
4. Mood stabilizers can be given to manage mood swings.
5. Psychotherapy: Both medications and psychotherapy should go hand in hand to foster a good treatment. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing irrational thoughts into rational ones. This therapy would help people with an antisocial personality disorder to think about how their behavior is affecting their life as well as others’ life negatively. People with antisocial personality disorder may benefit from individual therapy, group therapy or family therapy.

How ‘Veda Rehabilitation Centre’ can help you with this?

Veda Rehabilitation and Wellness is the best luxury rehabilitation center in India where treatment plan is made according to the history, insights, and needs of the client. Through their person-centered program, psychologists of ‘Veda’ rehab centre consider your physical examination and assess your symptoms for the best treatment of antisocial personality disorder. Based on these references, counselors plan expressive art therapy, dance movement therapy, and other therapeutic interventions to bring a change in your lifestyle. Therefore, to maintain healthy social relationships, choose the right treatment.

By,
Kalpesh Kulkarni (Psychologist) – Veda Rehabilitation and Wellness