His desire for wanting to excel and take advantage, manipulate others to get what they want. The term sociopath is no longer commonly used in psychology and psychiatry, now has another name such as “antisocial personality disorder.” People with this disorder often do not have a clear order of what may be right or wrong. This type of behavior is relatively rare and almost 0.6% of the population suffers mental health experts.
People with antisocial perceive the world differently than most people do and because it can not have the range of feelings that others have. Some of these people are very charming to the outside view and often prove to be adept at manipulating others, while others use both violence and intimidation to enforce and achieve their goals.
This condition creates many negative consequences for third parties ranging from violence, both verbal and physical, theft, vandalism and sometimes cruelty towards animals. These demonstrations of character are not a problem for these people and usually show no remorse in front of their actions. Usually the actions are given on impulse where the damage can also be their own.
The causes of this behavior are unclear, but many experts say that occur due to a combination of genetics and early relationships with parents and family. There is no specific cause for the development of this disease, but it is believed that the sexual abuse, verbal or physical at very young ages, contributing to such antisocial personality.
There is no medicine known to help these people suffering from antisocial personality disorder, despite the medication that can make other symptoms such as depression. Given that many people do not enter therapy voluntarily, it becomes very difficult to make progress against this type of psychopathy.
Treatment can handle these cases focus on improving social and family relationships, learning coping skills, helping people understand the connection between feelings and behavior.
