Bad boys, bad men : confronting antisocial personality disorder (sociopathy) / Donald W. Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, Donald W., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisocial personality disorders--Treatment.

Antisocial personality disorders.

Behavior modification.

Men--Mental health.

Men.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 318 pages, 4 pages of plates ) illustrations

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York, [New York] : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Bad Boys, Bad Men' examines the causes, manifestations and solutions to antisocial personality disorder in men. It summarises recent advances in genetics, brain imaging and psychophysiologic research that shed light on ASP. Several years after the first edition of Bad Boys, Bad Men was published, Donald W. Black, MD, brings us the Revised and Updated edition. Containing the same examination of antisocial personality disorder, Dr. Black continues to draw on case studies, scientific data, and current events to explore antisocial behavior in people.In this new edition, Dr. Black builds upon the succes of the previous volume and updates it with new research findings, including the genetic and biological determinants of antisocial personality disorder. Dr. Black also discusses the difference between, and overlap with, psychopathy. Several new cases have been added to Bad Boys, Bad Men including John Wayne Gacy, Mike Tyson, and Sadam Hussein. He also briefly discusses antisocial women, and provides a case example of Aileen Wuornos.

Contents:

A lurking threat : antisocial personality disorder and society

Searching for answers : the evolving psychiatric view of antisocial personality disorder

Bad boys to bad men : the symptoms of antisocial personality disorder

Naming the problem : the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder

Divergent paths : the natural history of antisocial personality disorder

Seeds of despair : the causes of antisocial personality disorder

Overcoming antisocial personality disorder : options for treatment

Power and pretense : the hidden antisocials

The antisocial murderer : Gacy and others

Antisocial personality disorder and families : finding ways to cope.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1999.

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-997069-6

0-19-997068-8

OCLC:

922904489