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The Impact of Medicalization on Individuals Labeled with Antisocial Personality Disorder

Sorg, Abberley E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1564670634916647

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2019, Master of Arts, University of Toledo, Sociology.
Though the literature surrounding antisocial personality disorder (and the associated label, psychopathy) is vast, there remains an almost total absence of the voices of people who have been assigned this label from the discussion. ASPD differs from the majority of medicalized diagnostic labels, in that patients who have been given this label are frequently framed as untreatable. The clinical pessimism surrounding this label has led some researchers to argue that the purpose of the ASPD label is not to provide patients with access to appropriate care, but rather to exclude them from treatment by flagging them as lost causes in their medical records. Utilizing a qualitative analysis of online posts written by individuals diagnosed with ASPD, this project seeks to provide a new perspective on the debate surrounding ASPD and medicalization - that of the patient diagnosed as antisocial. I explore how these patients engage with the medicalization of their social and emotional problems, their experiences with mental health service providers, and their critiques of how ASPD is viewed by those who have not been labeled with this disorder. I seek to understand if these individuals accept the clinical pessimism associated with the medicalization of their problems, if they desire changes to how ASPD is viewed clinically, or if they reject ASPD as a flawed construct.
Patricia Case, PhD (Committee Chair)
Barbara Coventry, PhD (Committee Member)
Dwight Haase, PhD (Committee Member)
115 p.
Sociology
ASPD; antisocial personality disorder; Psychopathy; medicalization; social construction of illness

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  • Sorg, A. E. (2019). The Impact of Medicalization on Individuals Labeled with Antisocial Personality Disorder [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1564670634916647

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sorg, Abberley. The Impact of Medicalization on Individuals Labeled with Antisocial Personality Disorder. 2019. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1564670634916647.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sorg, Abberley. "The Impact of Medicalization on Individuals Labeled with Antisocial Personality Disorder." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1564670634916647

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