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What Is a Psychopath?

The term "psychopath" refers to someone who does not follow the moral norms of their society and lacks empathy and remorse.
Psychopaths often possess a magnetic charm that draws people in effortlessly. They have an uncanny ability to make you feel ...
“Psychopathy” isn’t exactly a specific mental illness — as it’s not an officially recognized diagnosis. However, a psychopath is typically someone who displays Antisocial Personality Disorder traits.
Think of a psychopath, and any number of Hollywood villains might come to mind, from charming killers like Hannibal Lecter to Anton Chigurh, portrayed with chilling menace by Javier Bardem in the film ...
M.E. Thomas is an attorney, author, and psychopath. She thinks psychopathy helped her to be a better lawyer and not be affected by gendered expectations. She has two pieces of career advice for ...
If I asked you to picture a psychopath, what kind of character might spring to your mind? Thanks to Hollywood, we may imagine them to be “American Psycho”’s (1992) blood-soaked Christian Bale revving ...
An intimate relationship between two people who are each incapable of true emotions may seem completely out of the realm of possibility. When one partner is a psychopath and the other is not, there ...
Psychologist Robert Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist is the most widely used diagnostic tool to identify psychopathy — not only in prisons and institutions. If you give the test to CEOs or other corporate ...
New research considers how the financial industry can identify, manage and, if necessary, remove these individuals. Findings from research to help the business world identify destructive 'corporate ...
Twenty-six years after Robert Dixon Jr. went to prison for acting as an accessory to murder, friends and family swear that he is a new man, one committed to redeeming the second half of his life. But ...
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