Diagnostic Consistency in Antisocial Personality
SAMUEL B. GUZE M.D.1, and
DONALD W. GOODWIN M.D.2
1 Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110 and Associate Psychiatrist, Barnes and Renand Hospitals in St. Louis
2 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110 and Assistant Psychiatrist, Barnes and Renand Hospitals in St. Louis
The authors' study, based on an eight- to nine-year follow-up of convicted male felons, indicates that consistency in the diagnosis of antisocial personality is related to the extent of the original history of delinquent and criminal behavior. Inconsistency appears to be a manifestation of milder antisocial personality.
