RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Antisocial personality disorder is not enough: a reply to Sreenivasan, Weinberger, and Garrick
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 440
OP 442
VO 32
IS 4
A1 J Vognsen
A1 A Phenix
YR 2004
UL http://jaapl.org/content/32/4/440.abstract
AB 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.