Mental Disorders

kidney1 · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

I believe my son may be psychopathic. He fits many of the criteria outlined in the hare checklist. I wish I had found it sooner when he was younger. He's 19 now and has always been in trouble at school and home. examples was never would follow house rules, did not do chores, never complied with curfew. would steal from home or any one he was associated with. would go to friends home and play with them allday video games and would steal from them at the same time. money, games clothes. This started a a very young age7 or 8 years old. He cannot keepa job alway gets fired for stealing, no going to work late to work. Has a very high sense of self worth. Recently left home and we discovered that he had stolen many items from our home. cameras, jewelry, electronics. He's am pathological lyer and only uses people for what they can do for him. Has no real remorse for hurtingpeople. Promiscuis and goes from girlfriend to girlfriend. will use these girls for their money and body anddump them and moveon to the next one. Any suggestions on what I can do Do I just let him be or is there an intervention forpeople like him. I'm now afraid that his younger brother is starting to show many of these traits but not as many. Stealing and lying mostly. HELP!

MsFortitude · Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 2 Location: kansas

your observation could be a multiple of things. The first is he could just be spoiled and uncaring, the second could be that he is just not happy because of his environment or the 3rd could unfortunately be some type of psychotic disorder like substance abuse or schizophrenia in all its glory. The first thing you need to do is genuinely rule out the first two and then try again.