antisocial personality disorder
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Indeed, neither are literal clinical terms: People with the traits labeled "psychopath" and "narcissist" often have a clinical condition officially known as antisocial personality disorder.
From Salon ● May 20, 2024
Published by Simon & Schuster, the new memoir traces the life of a girl who grew into a woman trying to understand her sociopathy, which today is often labeled as antisocial personality disorder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
It often occurs along with other conditions, such as depression, bipolar disorder, borderline personality or antisocial personality disorder.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023
In rebuttal, Satz and his team contended that Cruz did not suffer from fetal alcohol damage but has antisocial personality disorder — in lay terms, he’s a sociopath.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
Arslan has been diagnosed with "a paranoid, unstable and antisocial personality disorder".
From BBC ● May 3, 2022
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