Question

Ben set up an elaborate scheme to mine gold in the Rockies. He had a large town meeting and made a presentation of his stock. The shares were only $5 each, and everyone could afford them. He showed pictures of the mine and explained how the company expected to gross $100 million each month. As it turns out, he was a terrific con artist who had made several "successful" proposals such as this in towns across America in the last couple of years. He is MOST likely suffering from:

Answer 1

Answer:

antisocial personality disorder.

Explanation:

Antisocial Personality Disorder, also known as Psychopathy, Sociopathy, or Dissocial Personality Disorder, is a persistent and chronic personality disorder whose essential characteristic note is the invasive pattern and violation of the rights of others, norms, and social rules in general. People with this type of disturbance often do not care about the harm that their actions will cause in other people's lives, so people with this disorder cause con artists to take advantage of others without any remorse. Ben has a behavioral profile that fits perfectly with the profile of people with this disorder, so we can say that Ben probably has antisocial personality disorder.