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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Aug 4;(8):CD007667. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007667.pub2

Table 3. ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for dissocial personality disorder (F60.2; WHO 1992).

  1. The general criteria for personality disorder (F60) must be met

  2. At least three of the following must be met:

  1. callous unconcern for the feelings of others

  2. gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for social norms, rules and obligations

  3. incapacity to maintain enduring relationships; though with no difficulty in establishing them

  4. very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge of aggression, including violence

  5. incapacity to experience guilt, or to profit from adverse experience, particularly punishment

  6. marked proneness to blame others, or to offer plausible rationalisations for the behaviour that has brought the individual into conflict with society