Anti-Social Behavior Treatment

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Anti-Social Behavior Treatment

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Anti-Social Behavior Treatment

Introduction

Antisocial behavior refers to those acts that are caused to harm the other person this harm could be a physical or a psychological harm When one is undergoing the anti social behavior , he generally tends to lie , steal , physical attack others , become argumentative , show cruelty and generally become sexually immoral . Such behaviors generally become violent and cause disturbances emotionally and in his thinking . At times it becomes so violent that

it leads up into breaking criminal laws (Arriola , n .d

This behavior is present in 3-4 yrs old children as well and if at proper time treatment is not given then it can lead to serious problems in the future , i .e . chronic behavior diss (Hanrahan ,n .d

These chronic antisocial behaviors include irresponsible parenting unlawful behavior , repeated aggression , repeated lying and irresponsible endangerment of others (Arriola , n .d ) Anti-social behavior that reported in early childhood are sneaking , lying , showing disobedience and destroying other 's property secretly . The person experiencing this anti social behavior may become aggressive against his siblings , peers adults and even teachers . They not only verbally abuses but can also bullies , smashes and abuse others . There have also been cases were the property had also been harmed , like cases as theft , destruction and fire-setting have also been reported (Hanrahan ,n .d

Anti-social behavior generally leads an individual to alcoholism cigarette smoking , illegal drug use high-risk sexual behavior and depression and additional health consequences . Due to these it can further lead to life threatening consequences like HIV /Aids . Depression itself is not very harmful its aftereffects are very harmful as it leads to negative emotions , low self-esteem , unmotivated symptoms and a completely terminated quality of life and at times also lead to a loss of life (Arriola , n .d

This behavior is one of the forms of psychopathology and this anti-social behavior gives the explanation for half of all childhood mental heath appointments . Antisocial behavior differs among the two genders . There has been finding that boys are more engaged in aggressive antisocial behavior than girls . Boys generally show physical and verbal hostility , on the other hand when girls become aggressive they socially insult others . But with the age of majority the intensity of aggression increases more among the girls and boys and it is reported that girls show late onset antisocial behavior . During the late onset antisocial behavior , behavior does not stay for long as their time period is very short and it discards sooner . The research also supports the fact that early schooling children who undergo antisocial behavior , they continue to show these behavior during their teenage years and seventy-five percent of the teen age kids follow the same pattern into their early adulthood (Hanrahan , n .d

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diss (4th edition ) DSM-IV , children and adolescents who show regular patterns of anti social behavior are often diagnosed for `Conduct Dis ' or `Oppositional...