This week you reviewed material on the topic of personality disorders. One of the most controversial diagnoses in the DSM-5 is Antisocial Personality Disorder, and since your instructor is a forensic psychologist, this is a diagnosis which I have worked with my entire career. For this week’s discussion post, consider ASPD as a formal diagnosis and disability. Should we treat criminal defendants and prison inmates differently if we discover that ASPD is a legitimate diagnosis for them? If this is an identified mental illness, how should we approach those who are harmful to others, break the law, or otherwise are destructive? Does it matter if they have a ASPD diagnosis?

This week you reviewed material on the topic of personality disorders. One of the most controversial diagnoses in the DSM-5 is Antisocial Personality Disorder, and since your instructor is a forensic psychologist, this is a diagnosis which I have worked with my entire career. For this week’s discussion post, consider ASPD as a formal diagnosis and disability. Should we treat criminal defendants and prison inmates differently if we discover that ASPD is a legitimate diagnosis for them? If this is an identified mental illness, how should we approach those who are harmful to others, break the law, or otherwise are destructive? Does it matter if they have a ASPD diagnosis?

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