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This case study revolves around a 32 years old middle aged married man referred for drug addiction and criminal behaviors and for the purpose of psychological assessment and anger management. His symptoms fulfilled the DSM-IV-TR criteria of antisocial personality and substance abuse (APA, 2000). His family background and personal history served as a precipitating factor leading to drug addiction and criminal activities. The psychological assessment included informal (Mental State Examination, Opiate Withdrawal Symptoms Scale and Subjective Ratings) and formal (Psychopathy Checklist: screening version, The Hand Test, House Tree Person test and State Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) assessment. The results of the assessment indicated extreme aggression, withdrawal and evasive attitude towards his environment, poor interpersonal skills, lack of empathy; antisocial and psychopathic tendencies. Management plan included motivational interviewing, relaxation training, narrative therapy, letter writing and techniques for anger management and self control techniques for drug dependence. Twelve therapeutic sessions indicated significant improvement in dealing with client’s problem of aggression and impulse control along with his dependency on drugs. Overall, the therapy remained very effective with positive satisfactory results at post-treatment assessment.
Rabia Iftikhar. (2010) AN ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY: CASE OF A NEVER — INCARCERATED MAN, Pakistan Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Volume 8, Issue 1.
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