Antisocial personality disorder

Antisocial personality disorder has be associated with the TaqI-A A1 allele, [1] the C957C DRD2 genotype, [2] and the absence of a high activity MAOA allele. [3]

The COMT gene does not appear to influence the risk of developing antisocial personality disorder. [4]

Also see

DSM-5 Personality Disorders


References

  1. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/s0924933803001238
  2. http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/193/2/121
  3. http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v13/n3/full/4002034a.html
  4. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1096-8628(20000612)96:3%3C348::AID-AJMG22%3E3.0.CO;2-Z/full
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