A history of changes to the criminal personality in the DSM.
There is much confusion now surrounding the diagnoses of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy. Some individuals still refer to the two as the same diagnosis with different names, even though there is a consensus in the psychology field that the two are distinct disorders. Part of this confusion is likely to be the result of the overlap in the diagnostic criteria: both diagnoses are associated with a history of antisocial behavior. However, it is also very possible that this confusion in the literature is a result of consistent name and criteria changes for the "criminal personality" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. To make sense of the confusion surrounding the two different diagnoses, the evolution of Antisocial Personality Disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is examined in this paper.
Clinical Psychology Department, Argosy University/Washington DC, 1550 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 21784, USA. jgurley@argosy.edu
Jessica R
JR
Gurley
D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans