RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Rethinking the DSM III-R Diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder
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 21
OP 31
VO 19
IS 1
A1 Rogers, Richard
A1 Dion, Ken
YR 1991
UL http://jaapl.org/content/19/1/21.abstract
AB The diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder (APD) has undergone substantive revisions in the DSM Ill and DSM Ill-R criteria. Within the context of these modifications, the authors reviewed the current research and psychometric models of APD. They found considerable variability among these models which in turn appear to be only modestly correlated with DSM standards. Recommendations are offered to reduce symptom variations subsumed within APD and to explore a reformulation of APD for achieving greater congruence with research findings.