TYPE 2 MALE SOCIOPATHS

The type 2 male sociopath drinks heavily no matter what, has a history of frequent fights and arrests, they are impulsive risk takers, curious, excitable, quick tempered, optimistic and independent. The psychopath is incapable of having long lasting, close, warm and responsible relationships with people. They will habitually lie and cannot hold a job for long. Sociopaths never settle down for any period of time, they will travel without aim looking for jobs or whatever they need and get it by doing anything. A sociopath may look resilient but are very fragile and can erupt very easily. This type comprises as much as 75% of the prison population. Alcohol is a contributing cause or consequence of being antisocial. People that are both antisocial and alcoholic are prone to violent behavior.
An antisocial person's disorder peaks between the ages of 24 and 44 after which drops off sharply. After the age of 30 the sociopath fights less and commits less crime but the illness can persist into the ages of between 60 and 70 but after 30 are less likely to be in trouble with the law. Sociopaths in their thirties will continue to have problems such as unstable relationships, substance abuse, impulsiveness, poor temper control and failure to honor financial obligations. The ratio of men to women is 4 to 1. Identical twins are several times more likely to have a personality disorder compared to fraternal twins. A genetic link strongest in anti-social disorder has a pattern of irresponsible behavior 5 times more common amongst close relatives of anti-social men than in the general population. Some people with a genetic link to alcoholism have a genetic link to anti-social personality disorder as well. Male relatives of people with Somatization Disorder have a higher incidence of anti-social personality disorder ( somatization - begins in the teens to twenties and consists of chronic physical problems and complaints). Sociopaths with a history of substance abuse and criminal behavior fit Manchausen Syndrome (Manchausen is the extreme type of factitious disorder which symptoms are lying, falsification and pathological lying). Sociopaths also have a tendency to have a non-psychiatric condition that is called malingering which is the production of grossly exaggerated symptoms for a specific illness or problem for the purpose of winning legal action or things like committing insurance fraud or basically anything they have to lie to obtain. If a person is diagnosed with Anti-Social Personality Disorder is very hard to treat and there is no cure for their behavior. Because the disorder remits in the thirties, it tends to be less obvious. Those that are forced into psychotherapy cannot tolerate the intimacy of the required therapy. The therapist has to focus on enhancing strength, channel the sensation of seeking actions on people into more positive socially responsible behaviors and to teach practical ways in dealing with every day frustration. Medications are not recommended in the treatment of sociopath but drugs can diminish the violent episodes. People with Anti-Social Personality Disorder also have Attention Deficit\ Hyperactivity Disorder and stimulants are used to treat that such as Ritalin. There are no long term results to study of this approach of using stimulants but they should not be prescribed unless the person is specifically diagnosed with AD\HD and has not responded to other medication. The drugs used to treat are commonly abused and should be closely monitored. Those that are convicted of crimes are usually incarcerated. Some sociopaths may be able to instead of a jail term choose a residential facility that has counseling but there is a high drop out rate in those facilities. The sociopath can seem charming in superficial social interactions but repeatedly hurt, anger, exploit, cheat, rob, harass or injure them. The actions a psychopath no matter what laws they break, whoever they hurt, whatever trouble they have to deal with they do not feel bad. When a sociopath is punished they have no feeling of regret because no matter how cruel or selfish the behavior is they feel it is justified. Normal functioning individuals give the sociopath little sympathy because they hurt people so bad but their illness is recognized as somewhat of an explanation of why they do it. The idea of the disorder is no excuse for their behavior that results from it.

The sociopathic behavior problems that start as a child have links to heredity, a family with a pre-disposition to perform crimes, alcoholic parents that do crimes, irresponsible behavior that persists and parents that do not discipline gives foundation to a child that will eventually be a sociopath and will exhibit certain feelings inside such as inadequacy and shame. The child characteristics of a future sociopath consist of being incapable of following the rules. The youngster will skip school, bully, steal, torment animals, run away from home and the child is likely to develop Attention Deficit \Hyperactivity Disorder or AD|HD. At an earlier age than their peer group the child will smoke drink, do drugs, and become sexually active. The diagnoses of Anti-Social Personality Disorder is not used for people under the age of 18. The Psychopath is defined in the dictionary as a person suffering from, especially a severe mental disorder with aggressive antisocial behavior which is a nice way of saying a quick tempered person. There are many characteristics of a sociopath and each sociopath has their own special traits. A sociopath gets great gratification in the act of hurting someone for absolutely no reason. The behavior of a sociopath is so close to normal it is extremely hard to diagnose. A sociopath is a person that acts against society and their sole purpose it seems is to act against the laws of the given land their end. The sociopath will in most cases become violent and abuse drugs and alcohol to facilitate the violent behavior. The violence in many cases is the result of sub-concious decisions that might lead to assaulting someone for no reason.
There is a disorder called Borderline that is often misdiagnosed as Anti-Social Personality Disorder which is quite similar to it. Borderline Disorder is a little bit more aggressive than Antisocial. Characteristics of Borderline Disorder Violating the rights of others and age appropriate societal norms or rules with at least three of the following in the past 6 months and one in the last 12 Aggression to People and Animals; 1. often bullying, threatening, or intimidating others; 2. often iniating fights; 3. use of a weapon that can cause serious physical harm to others (bat , brick, broken bottle, gun, knife); 4. physical cruelty to people and animals; 5. stealing in a confrontation with victim ( mugging, purse snatching, extortion, armed robbery); 6. forcing someone into sexual activity; 7. Destruction of Property - deliberate fire setting with intention to cause serious damage; 8. deliberate destruction of other's property in other ways; 9. Deceitfulness or Theft-breaking into someone's house, car, building; 10. frequent lying to get goods, favors and avoid obligations; 11. stealing items of non-trivial value without confronting the victim, forgery, shoplifting; 12. Serious Violation of the Rules- often staying out all night dispite parental rules that begin before the age of 13; 13. running away from home at least twice (once not returning for a lengthy period); 14. frequent truancy from school, significant impairment in functioning socially at school or work in individuals 18 or older but symptoms don't meet criteria for Anti - Social Disorder. The diagnoses of a sociopath is extremely difficult because they have so many mental problems to contend with the complete diagnoses might not occur. The possibility of being diagnosed with something similar to being a sociopath is quite great and this point should be stressed with relationship between Borderline and Anti-Social Disorder.