NCJ Number
57510
Editor(s)
W H REID
Date Published
1978
Length
365 pages
Annotation
THIS ANTHOLOGY ON THE PSYCHOPATHIC DIMENSIONS OF ANTISOCIAL DISORDERS AND BEHAVIORS PROVIDES INTRODUCTORY PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOPATHY, EXAMINES ITS GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CORRELATES, AND NOTES TREATMENT APPROACHES.
Abstract
INITIAL SELECTIONS ADDRESS THE PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY WHICH SURROUND ANTISOCIAL DISORDERS, DEALING, IN PARTICULAR, WITH THE PROBLEM OF DIAGNOSIS, THE IMPACT OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND THOSE AROUND HIM, THE ASOCIAL CHILD, AND THE PSYCHOPATH IN THE RURAL CONTEXT. THESE ARE FOLLOWED BY ARTICLES ON SUSPECTED CORRELATES OF PSYCHOPATHY, INCLUDING THE CLINICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYNDROME. TRADITIONAL AND JUNGIAN PSYCHODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS SEEN IN ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITIES ARE DISCUSSED, AS ARE FAMILY AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS, NEUROLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR, DYSCONTROL SYNDROMES, PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH, AND GENETIC CORRELATES. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS DEVOTED TO THE ASSOCIATION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE WITH CRIME AND ANTISOCIAL CONDUCT. THE SUBSEQUENT SECTION ON TREATMENT FOCUSES ON THREE COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED TREATMENT MODALITIES: (1) LONG-TERM INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WHOM SOCIETY HAS DEEMED UNACCEPTABLE, (2) PSYCHOTHERAPY IN AN OUTPATIENT SETTING, AND (3) DRUG TREATMENT FOR PROBLEMS WHICH MAY BE AMENABLE TO MEDICATION. SPECIFIC EXAMPLES ARE PROVIDED ON THE THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES NECESSARY TO CREATE A MILIEU CONDUCIVE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL GROWTH OR TO ENGAGE AND KEEP A PSYCHOPATH IN THERAPEUTIC PROCESS. TABULAR DATA AND REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED, ALONG WITH SUBJECT AND NAME INDEXES. (KBL)