The Psychopath: Theory, Research and Practice

Canadian Psychology;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......historical overview of the construct of psychopathy and then works its way through a variety...balanced and informative overview of the psychopathy literature written by Dr. Hare. This...made since the emergence of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) as the gold...

Handbook of Psychopathy

Canadian Psychology;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Handbook of Psychopathy, by Christopher J. Patrick (Ed...the mid-to-late 20th century that psychopathy became an accepted clinical syndrome...basis for the development of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991...

Psychopathy and Alexithymia in female offenders

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......and behavioural similarities between psychopathy and alexithymia, there have been few...their propensity for violence. Extent of psychopathy and alexithymia were assessed with the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), and the Toronto...

The Mark of Cain: Psychoanalytic Insight and the psychopath

American Journal of Psychotherapy;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......published. In attempting to understand psychopathy, one cannot help but study psychoanalytic...collection of psychoanalytic knowledge on psychopathy in one volume. Moreover, Meloy links...often forgotten in current treatises on psychopathy. As an example, I thought myself controversial...

Identification and management of psychopaths in court-mandated treatment...

Corrections Compendium;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......agents have an inaccurate definition of psychopathy and are unaware of what constitutes...This article examines the construct of psychopathy, its diagnosis criteria and management...discussed and cited below) who identify psychopathy as an important construct in criminology...

Psychopathy and Canadian criminal proceedings: the potential for human...

Canadian Journal of Criminology;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......psychiatric and psychological assessments of psychopathy. When mental health professionals are...expert testimony on the diagnosis of psychopathy has on judicial decision-making is important...testimony regarding the diagnosis of psychopathy has been associated with an increase...

Hope

The Village Voice;  December 17, 2003 ;     302 words ...Complex personality matched with personality complex NON-PROPHETS Hope Lex Sage...noticeable presence and emotional impact. And Sage keeps up a complex personality to match his personality complex: "I am womanizer, hear me whore...

Response Modulation Deficits: Implications for the Diagnosis and Treatment...

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......underlies the behavioral manifestations of psychopathy. Specifically, the automatic direction...behavior is the essential or core feature of psychopathy, as well as with the position that psychopathy reflects a specific deficit in the processing...

Child and adolescent psychopathy: stability and change.

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the concept of child and adolescent psychopathy and discusses the reasons why the concept...Past research has suggested that child psychopathy might be inapplicable to youth because...closely resemble the adult construct of psychopathy. Studies addressing the reliability...

China, US Hold Seminar on Psychopathy

Xinhua News Agency;  April 7, 2000 ;     90 words ......United States opened a seminar on psychopathy and its influence on people here...and children's mental problems. Psychopathy is said to be a major problem in...will discuss new methods of curing psychopathy, including gene therapy.

Impulsive-aggression, antisocial behaviour and subclinical psychopathy:...

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......1.70, SDs < 1.90) on total P-Scan psychopathy ratings and on the three facets of the...antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy. To date, studies have indicated that...antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy into discrete constructs is as valid...

The predator's gaze: scientists explore the frightening world of...

Science News;  December 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ......1941, Mosby), a classic textbook on psychopathy. Cleckley portrayed psychopaths as superficially...personality disorder--often get confused with psychopathy. Sociopathy refers to criminal attitudes...psychiatrists don't currently label psychopathy as a formal personality disorder, a...

Aberrant self-promotion or subclinical psychopathy in a swedish general...

The Psychological Record;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......which is conceptualized as a subclinical form of psychopathy. Psychopathy is, in this view, seen as an extreme expression...questionnaires that has previously been claimed to assess psychopathy, or Aberrant Self-Promotion (ASP), in a general...

Life: Beware the psycho who's born mean; Is there a psycho in your office?...

The Birmingham Post (England);  September 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Scientists are beginning to think that psychopathy is largely driven by nature rather than...suggest that, in milder forms at least, psychopathy might be useful. A manipulative, deceitful...they often do. It is only recently that psychopathy has been defined as being criminal...

Diagnosing evil in Australian courts: psychopathy and antisocial...

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and psychopathy have emerged to cover the gap in the...diagnosis of an offender as having ASPD or psychopathy and characterising that offender as...the courts have characterised ASPD and psychopathy and reviewing the judicial implications...