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I think the youngest diagnoses was 12 (I need to double check) but it, generally, begins to manifest at puberty to mid-twenties, barring some jarring event. Eve
by UnpossibleJim 9y ago
I think the youngest diagnoses was 12 (I need to double check) but it, generally, begins to manifest at puberty to mid-twenties, barring some jarring event. Even then, that is usually diagnosed as PTSD with Atypical symptoms, displaying in antisocial behavior. It's been a while since I was in school, so categorization may have (and has, since a new DSM has been published) changed, but they rarely make huge changes. It's, generally, language to accord to the societal language.
- scott_s 9y agoThe point of this article, and one I mention in another comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14359033 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14359033), is that some of the behavior associated with antisocial personality disorder appear to manifest much earlier than puberty. In that case, they use the diagnoses of callous and unemotional traits.
- mtdewcmu 9y agoThe really broad, overarching point of the article is that a treatment facility was getting good results in children previously considered hopeless. The novel technique is using positive, rather than negative, reinforcement. It seems kind of ironic that the one technique nobody thought to try was being positive.
- pmiller2 9y agoFunny you should mention PTSD. The treatment they describe in the article is reminiscent of exposure therapy for PTSD, except it seems to have a different theoretical basis. Rather than calming fear by repeated exposure in a safe environment, it looks like they're trying to blunt a reward response from hurting people by not giving them the reaction they're after.