Antisocial personality disorder is not enough: a reply to Sreenivasan, Weinberger, and Garrick

  • Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
  • December 2004,
  • 32
  • (4)
  • 440-442;

Abstract

This commentary seeks to extend the recent article by Sreenivasan et al, which supports the contention that case law history allows for the commitment of a sexually violent predator/sexually dangerous person (SVP/SDP) based on a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder and absent a paraphilic condition. We argue that a clear sexual disorder must be present before a person can be found to be an SVP/SDP. A diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder is not enough.

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