Is autism associated with psychopathy?

Is autism associated with psychopathy?

Results: Our results indicate that psychopathic tendencies are not related to severity of ASD. In addition, such tendencies do not seem to be related to core autistic cognitive deficits, specifically in ‘mind-reading’ or executive function.

Can Aspergers be psychopaths?

Asperger’s syndrome intervention Asperger used the term autistischen Psychopathen (autistic psychopathies), borrowing the term autism from Bleuler (1911), and using psychopathy to indicate a personality disorder rather than a psychiatric illness.

Are psychopaths on the spectrum?

There is particular emphasis on psychopathy here, but psychopathy and autism are on a neurodevelopmental mental spectrum and they do overlap. A whole range of neurodevelopmental disorders are on this neurodevelopmental spectrum including learning disability, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, ADHD, autism, psychopathy.

Is there a difference between autistic personality disorder and psychopathy?

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)—which psychopathy falls under—in terms of diagnostic criteria are not mutually exclusive, and can indeed coexist.

Are psychopathic tendencies related to the severity of autism spectrum disorders?

Method: Twenty-eight ASD boys were rated on psychopathic tendencies, autistic traits and a range of cognitive measures assessing mentalizing ability, executive functions, emotion recognition and ability to make moral-conventional distinction. Results: Our results indicate that psychopathic tendencies are not related to severity of ASD.

Is there a link between antisocial personality disorder and callous/psychopathic acts?

Conclusions: Callous/psychopathic acts in a small number of individuals with ASD probably reflect a ‘double hit’ involving an additional impairment of empathic response to distress cues, which is not part and parcel of ASD itself. Antisocial Personality Disorder / diagnosis

Is there a connection between psychopathology and Asperger’s?

A certain degree of psychopathy is required to be a leader hence psychopathic traits are beneficial to humanity to a certain degree. Asperger’s, ASD, etc are defined solely in behavioral terms – not underlying biology – so any connection between psychopathology and Asperger’s is a matter of agreed-upon definitions. No? What am I missing?