Causes and prevention methods of antisocial personality disorder

Abstract

The study of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is essential to recognize the psychological and behavioral causes of a portion of perpetrators. This study simply reviews past research on ASPD. Summarizes the causes of ASPD, treatment, shortcomings of existing research, and suggestions for future research. The literature review describes the possible causes of antisocial personality disorder from internal factors (genetic and familial factors) and external factors (family and childhood experiences). To be specific, the influence of family and genes on ASPD is discussed in this paper. In addition, external influences addressed in this paper include childhood experiences and the influence of family members’ behaviors. In the discussion section, some methods for the prevention and treatment of ASPD are given, and some shortcomings of existing research are pointed out. Finally, some suggestions for future research are put forward. This review paper aims to help more people understand ASPD and pay more attention to these people with mental illness.