i so feel for the situation. i don't know that personality disorders can be inherited? maybe traits can? i'm not sure about that.

however, one question i have is...has this child heard alot about her father and grandfather and has she been compared to them in earshot or to face...she could be thinking, "they think that, therefore i am". many teens have that frame of mind.

i so agree with counseling for everyone involved. she needs alot of special attn. and not the giving kind. she needs massive structure...for every second of every day. that's a full time job and hard on any parent of any teen.

i wish you all so well. i do know that a child cannot be dx'ed sociopath. it can only be dx'ed as an adult. she sounds more like a very angry young lady who's acting act on her anger and possibly the attention she's getting from it.

i hope so much for this child and the family. you all have a long row to hoe.

kd