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Bad Drivers and Mental Illness

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  1. Antisocial Personality Disorder is classified by the WHO as:

    "Personality disorder, usually coming to attention because of a gross
    disparity between behaviour and the prevailing social norms, and
    characterized by at least 3 of the following:

    (a) callous unconcern for the feelings of others;
    (b) gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for
    social norms, rules and obligations;
    (c) incapacity to maintain enduring relationships, though having no
    difficulty in establishing them;
    (d) very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge
    of aggression, including violence;
    (e) incapacity to experience guilt and to profit from experience,
    particularly punishment;
    (f) marked proneness to blame others, or to offer plausible
    rationalizations, for the behaviour that has brought the patient into
    conflict with society."

    http://www.mentalhealth.com/icd/p22-pe04.html

    Hmmm. How many bad drivers exhibit symptoms (b), (d), (e) AND (f)? (and
    possibly (a) as well...)

    R.

  2. "Richard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Antisocial Personality Disorder is classified by the WHO as:

    "Personality disorder, usually coming to attention because of a gross
    disparity between behaviour and the prevailing social norms, and
    characterized by at least 3 of the following:

    (a) callous unconcern for the feelings of others;
    (b) gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for
    social norms, rules and obligations;
    (c) incapacity to maintain enduring relationships, though having no
    difficulty in establishing them;
    (d) very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge
    of aggression, including violence;
    (e) incapacity to experience guilt and to profit from experience,
    particularly punishment;
    (f) marked proneness to blame others, or to offer plausible
    rationalizations, for the behaviour that has brought the patient into
    conflict with society."

    http://www.mentalhealth.com/icd/p22-pe04.html

    Hmmm. How many bad drivers exhibit symptoms (b), (d), (e) AND (f)? (and
    possibly (a) as well...)

    b) -- no, the social norm is to disregard the rules and obligations.

    :~(

    T

  3. Those 'symptoms' seem to describe selfish, self centred [censored] of
    which I know many!

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