antisocial personality disorder; ASPD
Psychiatric term for a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others. The older term 反社会性パーソナリティ障害 is also used.
See also: 反社会性パーソナリティ障害
Not a few patients meet the diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality disorder.
Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others.
Older term for the same condition; 症 is the newer official designation in Japanese psychiatric nomenclature, while 障害 was previously used.
Compound of 反社会性 (antisocial) + パーソナリティ (personality) + 症 (disorder/syndrome). The term is a direct translation of the English 'antisocial personality disorder'.