Anatomy of antisocial personality.Preliminary data suggest that deceitful, violent men diagnosed with antisocial 1. denoting behavior that violates the rights of others, societal mores, or the law. 2. denoting the specific personality traits seen in antisocial personality disorder antisocial personality disorder personality disorder n. Any of a group of disorders in which patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about one's self and one's environment interfere with the long-term functioning of an individual, often manifested in deviant behavior and lifestyle. n. . A personality disorder characterized by chronic antisocial behavior and violation of the law and the rights of others. an·ti·so·cial (  n personality disorder have a reduced amount of gray matter gray matter: see nervous system. in the brain's prefrontal prefrontal /pre·fron·tal/ (-fron´t'l) situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe or region.pre·fron·tal (pr  -fr cortex. Some type of prefrontal deficit may underlie this controversial disorder, asserts a team led by psychologist Adrian Raine of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed these brain-tissue deficits in 21 men with antisocial personality disorder, compared with no such deficits in 26 men addicted to alcohol or illicit drugs, 21 men with other mental disorders mental disorders: see bipolar disorder; paranoia; psychiatry; psychosis; schizophrenia., and 34 men with no psychiatric disorders. If the finding holds up, prefrontal deficits may turn out to be either a cause or a result of antisocial personality disorder, the scientists say in the February ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. |
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