Happiness and related remission in patients with antisocial personality disorder.

Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association,  December, 2006  by Martens, Willem

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Abstract

In individuals with antisocial personality disorder, happiness correlates with an increase of emotional, social, and moral capacities; authenticity impulse control; feelings of responsibility; spirituality; and encounters with reality. Happiness may be a significant dimension of recovery in antisocial personality disorder because it may result in a more open, flexible, and positive social attitude (and associated healthier neurobiological functioning); a reduction of antisocial traits such as aggression, impulsivity, and hostility; and growth of social, emotional, and ...

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