They are “related” in that both terms are included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Edition 5. They are listed under Personality Disorders, Cluster B: Antisocial Personality Disorder (including common labels such as sociopaths and psychopaths); Borderline Personality Disorder; Histrionic Personality Disorder; and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Another way to view this is that likely all Antisocial Personality Disorders are narcissistic, although not all narcissists have an Antisocial Personality Disorder. There is evidence that a narcissistic adult, whose brain during adolescence (e.g., all adolescent brains are considered somewhat narcissistic) did not learn to move toward more balanced behaviors, may eventually exhibit an Antisocial Personality Disorder and can become extremely dangerous.
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