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COSIG Co-Occurring Disorders Conference, Hershey PA, May 15-17, 2006
Improving Collaboration
• Obtaining and Sharing Resources
• Sharing Resources
• Institutionalizing the Partnership
Training Practitioners and Policy
Makers and Educating the Community
– Determining Training Goals and Objectives
– Training for Court Personnel
– Training for Corrections Personnel
– Training for Mental Health Professionals
– Educating the Community and Building
Community Awareness
– Identifying Trainers
– Evaluating Trainers
Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Many people working in mental health and
criminal justice know little about APD or
have obsolete and inaccurate ideas about
it.
• Some see the diagnosis as a useless
myth.
• Others are confused and easily misled
when making or implementing treatment
protocols.
Core Features of APD
(Hare, 1993)
• Inadequate conscience or superego
– Absence of moral judgment
– Absence of guilt
• Developmental Disruption
– Emotional Immaturity/Egocentricity/
Impulsivity
– Physical and intellectual functioning intact, but
emotional development seriously impaired.
(cont’d)
• Lives in the present, the here and
now—no evidence of long-term
planning
• Life is a hit or miss affair, a series of
impulsive acts
• Loss of insight related to their own
egocentricity and impulsivity
• Substance abuse/dependence is
rampant
(cont’d)
• High incidence of parental separation,
divorce, early death or desertion
• Very high incidence of childhood abuse
• Greater degree of alcoholism and
criminality in the immediate family (e.g. 1/5
sociopaths; 1/3 alcoholics).
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