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Antisocial

Learning about Antisocial Personality Disorder

Traits

  • Has little, if any, concern for the needs or feelings of others.

  • Often lies, steals, uses false names and cons others.

  • Has repeated run-ins with the law.

  • Often violates the rights of others.

  • Is aggressive and often violent.

  • Has little, if any, concern for personal safety or the safety of others.

  • Behaves impulsively.

  • Is often reckless.

  • Has little, if any, regret for how their behavior negatively affects others.

Film Examples

  1. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is an 1886 book written by Robert Louis Stevenson which has been adapted into numerous movies and stage productions. The story portrays the mild-mannered Doctor Henry Jekyll, who unleashes his monstrous alternate identity, Edward Hyde, by taking a chemical potion.

  2. Rachel Getting Married is a 2008 Sony Pictures Classics Release starring Anne Hathaway which chronicles the events surrounding the appearance of a young woman who suffers from Antisocial Personality Disorder at her sister's wedding.

  3. The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 thriller starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster which features a psychopathic serial killer, Hannibal Lecter, who advises a young FBI agent as she tries to stop another serial killer.

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