Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a long-standing pattern of a disregard for other peopleâs rights, often crossing the line and violating those rights. It usually begins in childhood or as a teen and continues into their adult lives. personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from the norm of the individualâs culture. The pattern is seen in two or more of the following areas: cognition; affect; interpersonal functioning; or impulse control.
According to the BBC, the researchers said there have been suggestions that blocking the bodyâs response to the hormone could be a possible weight-loss treatment. This new study however, found that it may also produce âunintended effects on moodâ. The researchers are quoted in the article as saying that although signs of depression and anxiety decrease as ghrelin levels increase, âan unfortunate side effectâ¦is increased food intake and body weightâ. The researchers now want to look at the antidepressant effect of ghrelin in conditions such as anorexia.
The receptor for ghrelin, the ghrelin/growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR), is found on the same cells in the brain as the receptor for leptin, the satiety hormone that has opposite effects from ghrelin.