Psicopatia x transtorno antissocial de personalidade

Denise Rocha Stefan; Lisieux Elaine de Borba Telles

doi:10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2017.756

Authors

Denise Rocha Stefan Psiquiatra clínica e forense, membro do corpo clínico do Instituto de Convivência, Estudo e Pesquisa Nise da Silveira – ICEP
Lisieux Elaine de Borba Telles Médica psiquiatra; Professora do Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS); Diretora Científica, de Ensino e Pesquisa do Instituto Psiquiátrico Forense Maurício Cardoso; Membro da Câmara Técnica de Perícias Médicas do Conselho Regional de Medicina do Rio Grande do Sul – CREMERS; Fundadora e Presidente da Red Iberolatinoamericana de Investigación y Docencia en Salud Mental Aplicada a lo Forense; Member-at-Large of Section of Forensic Psychiatry, World Psychiatric Association – WPA; Coordenadora do Departamento de Ética e Psiquiatria Legal da Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria – ABP https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4105-5924

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2017.756

Keywords:

antisocial personality disorder, psychopathic personality, personality disorders, psychopathy, conduct disorder

Abstract

The diagnosis of personality disorders is still difficult for psychiatrists to identify. According to the international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, the ICD, a specific personality disorder is a serious disturbance in the constitution of the individual's character and behavioral tendencies. With regard to antisocial personality disorder, also called psychopathy, the individual usually presents a large difference between behavior and prevailing social norms. Symptoms are characterized by a callous indifference to the feelings of others, as well as irresponsibility and disrespect for norms, rules and social obligations.