Sociopaths: Can They Be Cured

[EndlessCravings]

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Clockwork Orange.

I'm missing some reference aren't I?

Never mind.

[anunitu]

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Movie where a sociopath is subjected to images an if he reacts positively to violent images,he gets a strong shock to make violence make him very sick as a reaction.

About the Movie.

Guy being subjected to "Therapy"

[R. Eugene Laughlin]

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Movie where a sociopath is subjected to images an if he reacts positively to violent images,he gets a strong shock to make violence make him very sick as a reaction.

They made him nauseous with drugs administered at the beginning of the screening, rather than shocks. The film depicts a real treatment approach that was originally developed to "cure" homosexuality in the 1930s. Nauseating drugs were abandoned and attitudes about less common, benign sexuality changed, but aversion therapy is still sometimes tried to treat criminal sexual behavior. Now they use unpleasant odors, like ammonia in a basic classical conditioning (Pavlov's Dog) paradigm. Results are spotty at best.

[EndlessCravings]

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They made him nauseous with drugs administered at the beginning of the screening, rather than shocks. The film depicts a real treatment approach that was originally developed to "cure" homosexuality in the 1930s. Nauseating drugs were abandoned and attitudes about less common, benign sexuality changed, but aversion therapy is still sometimes tried to treat criminal sexual behavior. Now they use unpleasant odors, like ammonia in a basic classical conditioning (Pavlov's Dog) paradigm. Results are spotty at best.

Ah, I've never seen that movie before, I've heard references many times but it never really rung a bell until now.

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Movie where a sociopath is subjected to images an if he reacts positively to violent images,he gets a strong shock to make violence make him very sick as a reaction.

About the Movie.

Guy being subjected to "Therapy"

I fail to see how that would make him learn his "lesson" or to think differently. Personality disorders are pretty maladaptive.

[R. Eugene Laughlin]

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I fail to see how that would make him learn his "lesson" or to think differently. Personality disorders are pretty maladaptive.

It's not expected to fix what's wrong with them. It's intended to suppress the behavior.

[B. de Corbin]

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I fail to see how that would make him learn his "lesson" or to think differently. Personality disorders are pretty maladaptive.

That was pretty much the point.

He was the same person, just unable to act.

(It was a novel before it was a movie. Kubrick is a genius, but not good at following the book. The book fills in all the loose ends in the movie.)

[Bartmanhomer]

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Generally a sociopath may be that way because of a defective brain(Damaged or non functioning part) Being a physical problem,it may not be possible to alter the behavior.
They may not have ANY empathy or compassion in any form.


Sauce

Maybe they're not putting enough effort to alter their behavior. At least they're trying to change their behavior.

[anunitu]

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Repairing brain structure is beyound our scientific skill right now...Used to be a "Cure" was turning the person into an almost brain dead creature. Was called a lobotomy,and I think was a standard when they thought no real cure was possible,the surgery was more to stop them from harming others.

Lobotomy

[habbalah]

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Maybe they're not putting enough effort to alter their behavior. At least they're trying to change their behavior.

You do understand that putting effort into trying to change your behavior when it comes from a damages part of the brain, a chemical imbalance, or something of the like, is highly unlikely without medical help. I don't say impossible, but unlikely.

Especially with antisocial personality disorder, where there hasn't been s lot of effective treatment. Your statement makes me think of the people to tell me to "just get over" my clinical depression, or to "pay more attention" to conquer the ADHD (attention focused).

[Bartmanhomer]

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And I know there's a chance that a brain always repair itself.

[ThePaganMafia]

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As a person with absolutely no psychological training I feel totally qualified to weigh in on this debate.

[Bartmanhomer]

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If human body can repaired itself so can a human brain.

[ThePaganMafia]

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I don't think it's quite that simple.

[habbalah]

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And I know there's a chance that a brain always repair itself.

Please cite your evidence for this claim. Brain damage and injuries very rarely repair. My best friend's father was hit by a truck and developed a closed head injury. It's been nearly ten years, and his brain is not any more healed today than it was the day it left the hospital.

[thalassa]

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If human body can repaired itself so can a human brain.

But the human body is extremely limited in its ability to repair itself. It cannot regenerate limbs. It cannot repair severed nerve connections. It cannot regrow sensory hair cells in the ear. Once you injure a growth plate enough, it cannot be healed (and if you are still of an age to be growing, your growth of that limb will be impeded).