Personality development of the psychopath

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Personality development of the psychopath Session
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1 PDD 1-20 ADHD 1 FAS/FAE 4-6 Bipolar 2-8 LD
Antisocial Spectrum
40-50 of CD becomes ASP
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6-16 boys 2-9 girls
3 males 1 females
PDD ADHD FAS/FAE Bipolar LD etc
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Psychopathic Personality Disorder
Conduct Disorder
Stimulus seeking Lack goals Parasitic Predatory Vi
olent
Criminal acts Impulsiveness Disregard
safety Irresponsibility Lack remorse
Aggression Destruction Deceitfulness Rule
violation Manipulation
Hostile Defiant Negative
Inattention Poor social skills Learning deficits
80 of kids with ADHD as children carried it into
adolescence, and 60 of those had developed ODD
or CD. 100 of antisocial personality disorder
have Dx as CD as youth.
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CD ODD
CD
ODD
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Oppositional Defiance
Conduct Disorder
Psychopathy

• Glibness/superficial charm (1)
• Grandiose sense of self-worth (1)
• Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
  (1)
• Pathological lying (1)
• Cunning/manipulative (1)
• Lack of remorse or guilt (1)
• Shallow affect (1)
• Callous/lack of empathy (1)
• Parasitic lifestyle (2)
• Poor behavioral controls (2)
• Early behavior problems (2)
• Lack of realistic, long-term plans (2)
• Impulsivity (2)
• Irresponsibility (2)
• Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom (2)
• Juvenile delinquency (2)
• Revocation of conditional release (2)
• Promiscuous sexual behavior (T)
• Many short-term relationships (T)

• Bullies, threatens, intimidates
• Initiates physical fights
• Used weapon that can cause serious physical harm
• Physically cruel to people
• Physically cruel to animals
• Stolen while confronting victim
• Forced sexual activity
• Deliberately engaged in fire setting with
  intentional damage
• Deliberately destroyed property
• Broken into someones house, building, car
• Lies to obtain goods or favors or avoid
  obligations
• Stolen nontrivial items without confronting
  victim
• Stays out at night despite parental prohibitions
• Run away from home overnight twice while living
  in parent/surrogate home
• Truant from school

• Loses temper
• Argues with adults
• Actively defies or refuses to comply with adults
  requests or rules
• Deliberately annoys people
• Blames others for his/hers mistakes
• Touchy or easily annoyed
• Angry or resentful
• Spiteful or vindictive

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PCL-YV
Psychopathy Checklist Youth Version
Factor 1
Factor 2
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Student risk screening
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Less easily-socialized youth require more
competent parenting to avoid personality disorders
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Moral self core
Essential Components of a Moral Self Core
Empathy (2-7 yrs) see from others
perspective Sympathy sorrow for another persons
distress Remorse regret sadness at ones role
in anothers pain
Guilt (3-4 yrs) signal to repress impulses so
not to offend or upset another includes regret
over actions
Anxiety (5-11 yrs) apprehension about violation
of others standards
Shame (1-2 yrs) Inner sense of not meeting
expectations Embarrassment (3 yrs) expansion of
shame involving standards of others and fear of
judgment
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Development of empathy
Development of Empathy

• Year 1 Global Distress
• chain reaction when other infants cry
• Year 1-2 Egocentric Empathy
• Imitative distress behavior of another child
  concern for others try to comfort them
• Year 2-3 Empathy for Others Feelings
• Empathy with distress, disappointment, fear,
  surprise, sadness, anger, enjoyment
• Year 3-8 Empathy for Others Life Conditions
• Imagine pain/pleasure of remote persons groups

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Emotional intelligence
Emotional Intelligence Skills (Goleman)

• Self Awareness Knowing ones internal states,
  resources, and limitations
• Emotional awareness recognizing ones emotions
  and their effects
• Accurate self assessment knowing ones strengths
  and limits
• Self confidence strong sense of self worth and
  capabilities
• 2. Self Regulation Managing ones internal
  states, impulses and resources
• Self control keeping disruptive emotions and
  impulses in check
• Trustworthiness Maintaining standards of honesty
  and integrity
• Take responsibility for personal performance
• Adaptability Flexibility in handling change
• Innovation Being comfortable with new ideas
• 3. Motivation Emotional tendencies that guide
  or facilitate reaching goals
• Achievement drive striving to improve
• Commitment aligning with the goals of the agency
  or group
• Initiative Readiness to act on opportunities
• Optimism Persistence in pursuing goals

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Emo IQ contd

• 4. Empathy Awareness of others feelings, needs,
  perceptions and concerns
• Understanding others Sensing others feelings
  and concerns
• Identifying their development needs bolstering
  their abilities
• Service orientation recognizing and meeting
  users needs
• Political awareness Reading a groups emotional
  currents and powerrelationships
• 5. Social Skills Ability to induce desirable
  responses in others
• Influence ability to persuade
• Communication listening openly
• Conflict management negotiating and resolving
  disagreements
• Change catalyst Initiating and managing change
• Building bonds nurturing key relationships
• Collaboration and cooperation working with
  others towards shared goals
• Team capabilities Creating group energy in
  pursuing collective goals

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System map of traits
Possible pathways among traits
Stimulation seeking
Low fear, anxiety
High pain threshold
Low motivation to anticipate consequences
Opportunist (versatility)
Inability to anticipate, learn, insight
Poor planning, present orientation, unrealistic
Predatory
Limited cognitive capacity, inattention
Impulsiveness
Early behavior problems
Poor identification with others
Parasitic Irresponsible Aggressive Callous
No remorse, shame, guilt, embarrassment
Narcissism grandiosity
Poor social attachment
Superficiality Promiscuity Short term relations
Charm glibness
Verbal fluency
Manipulation Lying
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Development arrow
Development of behavior disorders in youth

• Infancy
• Prematurity
• low birth weight
• brain injury
• FAS/FAE
• ADHD
• attachment
• hyperreactive
• colicky
• unhealthy
• disability
• pain
• multiple placements

• Environmental
• pop. density
• poor housing
• mobile residents
• discrimination
• media violence
• cultural norms
• no support svc.
• discrimination
• crime rate

• Peers
• delinquent/deviant peers
• antisocial sibs
• bullying
• rejection by norm group
• attention/recognition
• belonging
• act out
• revenge

PROBABLE OFFENSE

• Family
• cohesion
• flexibility
• poor boundaries
• inconsistent discipline
• poor supervision
• marital relationship
• handle emotions
• poor role modeling
• criminality
• physical, emotional,
• sexual abuse
• explicit sexuality
• disorganization
• cold, rejecting
• large family
• father absence
• long unemployment

• Personality-- What prevents you from offending?
• values (Its wrong)
• empathy (it would hurt others)
• consequences (Id get in trouble)
• ego dystonic (thats not me)
• shame/embarrassment (what would other think)
• esteem (Id feel awful)
• identification (wouldnt want that to happen to
  me)
• personal responsibility (I would be
  responsible)
• self monitoring control (Id stop myself)
• coping (other ways to deal with tension)

• Pre-family
• poverty
• single
• unwanted
• MI (depression)
• AODA
• teen/immature
• abused
• antisocial
• divorce
• assortative mating
• transgenerational problems