CLP-4143 Lecture 22: conduct continued and law
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Psychopathic features: conduct disorder specifier- with limited prosocial emotions. Antisocial personality disorder is basically conduct disorder in adults. Prevalence of conduct disorder is 8% in children. Family factors: parent and child interactions known as the reinforcement trap. Parents reinforcing the behavior by allowing the behavior bc punishment doesn"t work. There is also insecure attachment which means they do not have intimacy. Social selection hypothesis: antisocial people live in neighborhoods with other people like them. Treatments: prognosis is poor if not treated early, but there is different type of interventions: parent management training, problem-solving skills training, multisystemic treatment, preventative measures, medication management (lithium and stimulants) Atkins intellectually disabled with an iq of 59. He was not sentenced to death bc of constitution, but instead he was sentenced to life in prison. Civil commitment: involuntary hospitalization for danger to self, others, or grave disability (unable to take care of themselves).
