• Oatsteak
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    182 years ago

    What do you mean when you say sociopath? Afaik that’s not a diagnosis that’s used in psychology anymore (if it ever was? The difference between psychopaths and sociopaths was never clear to me). I believe it’s called anti-social personality disorder now.

    • @lost_sokxOP
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      72 years ago

      Yep the antisocial personality disorder.

      • I was taught that is another term for Psychopathy. There is a bunch of overlap between the two yet a psychopath is born and a sociopath is created, so maybe the term covers both classifications.

        • @panic
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          92 years ago

          There is some intention to differenciate the two by the ability each one has to mask their internal experience.

        • DankZedong A
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          22 years ago

          Both can be born, but antisocial personality disorder gets influenced by external factors, basically (neglect, violence, poverty, behavioral problems).