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Descriptor English: Antisocial Personality Disorder
Descriptor Spanish: Trastorno de Personalidad Antisocial
Descriptor trastorno de personalidad antisocial
Entry term(s) comportamiento antisocial
comportamiento desviado
comportamiento disocial
conducta antisocial
conducta desviada
conducta disocial
personalidad psicopática
personalidad sociopática
Scope note: Trastorno de la personalidad cuya característica esencial es un patrón general de desprecio y violación de los derechos de los demás, que comienza en la infancia o el principio de la adolescencia y continúa en la edad adulta. El sujeto debe tener al menos 18 años y tener historia de algunos síntomas de un trastorno disocial antes de los 15 años. (DSM-IV, 1994).
Descriptor Portuguese: Transtorno da Personalidade Antissocial
Descriptor French: Trouble de la personnalité de type antisocial
Entry term(s): Antisocial Behavior
Antisocial Behaviors
Antisocial Personalities
Antisocial Personality
Antisocial Personality Disorders
Behavior, Antisocial
Behavior, Dyssocial
Behaviors, Antisocial
Behaviors, Dyssocial
Deviant Behavior
Disorder, Antisocial Personality
Disorders, Antisocial Personality
Dyssocial Behavior
Dyssocial Behaviors
Personalities, Antisocial
Personalities, Psychopathic
Personalities, Sociopathic
Personality Disorder, Antisocial
Personality Disorders, Antisocial
Personality, Antisocial
Personality, Psychopathic
Personality, Sociopathic
Psychopathic Personalities
Psychopathic Personality
Sociopathic Personalities
Sociopathic Personality
Tree number(s): F03.675.050
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000987
Scope note: A personality disorder whose essential feature is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. The individual must be at least age 18 and must have a history of some symptoms of CONDUCT DISORDER before age 15. (From DSM-IV, 1994).
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 81; was ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY 1976-80, was SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY 1963-75
Online Note: use ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER to search ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY 1976-80 & SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY 1966-75
History Note: 81; was ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY 1976-80, was ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY see under SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY 1969-75; SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY was heading 1963-75
Entry Version: ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DIS
Related: Conduct Disorder MeSH
DeCS ID: 991
Unique ID: D000987
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/04/29
Antisocial Personality Disorder - Preferred
Concept UI M0001503
Scope note A personality disorder whose essential feature is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. The individual must be at least age 18 and must have a history of some symptoms of CONDUCT DISORDER before age 15. (From DSM-IV, 1994).
Preferred term Antisocial Personality Disorder
Entry term(s) Antisocial Personalities
Antisocial Personality
Antisocial Personality Disorders
Disorder, Antisocial Personality
Disorders, Antisocial Personality
Personalities, Antisocial
Personalities, Psychopathic
Personalities, Sociopathic
Personality Disorder, Antisocial
Personality Disorders, Antisocial
Personality, Antisocial
Personality, Psychopathic
Personality, Sociopathic
Psychopathic Personalities
Psychopathic Personality
Sociopathic Personalities
Sociopathic Personality
Dyssocial Behavior - Broader
Concept UI M0001504
Scope note A personality disorder whose essential feature is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. The individual must be at least age 18 and must have a history of some symptoms of CONDUCT DISORDER before age 15. (From DSM-IV, 1994).
Scope note A personality disorder whose essential feature is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. The individual must be at least age 18 and must have a history of some symptoms of CONDUCT DISORDER before age 15. (From DSM-IV, 1994).
Preferred term Dyssocial Behavior
Entry term(s) Behavior, Dyssocial
Behaviors, Dyssocial
Dyssocial Behaviors
Antisocial Behavior - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000679297
Scope note A personality disorder whose essential feature is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. The individual must be at least age 18 and must have a history of some symptoms of CONDUCT DISORDER before age 15. (From DSM-IV, 1994).
Preferred term Antisocial Behavior
Entry term(s) Antisocial Behaviors
Behavior, Antisocial
Behaviors, Antisocial
Deviant Behavior



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