Despite decades of research into the core traits of psychopathy, substantial disagreement about the structure of the psychopathic personality remains. Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) ...

We use the term psycho all the time, but what does it actually mean? There are a lot of misunderstandings about mental health, and casually using terms with a deeper meaning can propagate them further ...

Before I discuss the female psychopath, I will first address how to diagnose a psychopath—a subject of ongoing confusion. Once the distinction is clear, we can explore examples of how female ...

One of the most enduring ideas about crime — and violence more broadly — is that a lot of it is committed by people we call “psychopaths.” If you didn’t grow up with procedurals like “Law & Order: SVU ...

Psychopathy refers to the neurological and anti-social manifestations that occur in a person with an anti-social personality disorder. This disorder is primarily characterised by impairments to ...