Personality Disorder, Criminal Behavior and Criminal Responsibility

This article addresses the interface between personality disorders and criminal responsibility in the context of forensic psychiatry.It explains the legal foundations of criminal responsibility in the Brazilian Penal Code, with emphasis on the biopsychological criterion for the evaluation of criminal responsibility.It discusses the specific relationship between different types of personality disorders and criminal behavior, highlighting antisocial and borderline disorders, which are of greatest relevance in criminal forensic psychiatry.