
Jun 15, 2019, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by tecomsin
My understanding is that psychopathy is not considered to be a personality disorder in the DSM 5. A significant fraction of psychopaths will be diagnosed with ASPD but, although the overlap is high you can have a psychopath who is not ASPD and someone with ASPD who is not a psychopath.
My understanding is also that psychopathy is associated with pronounced alterations in brain development so it can be considered a neurological impairment that can be measured objectively.
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That makes sense.
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