FSC350H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Depressive Personality Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder
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What is psychopathy: caricatured stereotypes include, more clinically accurate stereotypes, patrick bateman (cid:498)american psycho(cid:499, dexter morgan (cid:498)dexter(cid:499, todd (cid:498)breaking bad(cid:499, kevin (cid:498)we need to talk about kevin(cid:499, oxford english dictionary, psychopathy, n. 1. In later use: spec. a personality disorder characterized by persistent impulsive, irresponsible, antisocial, and often violent or aggressive behaviour, often accompanied by an inability to form normal social relationships with others. basis: becoming more debatable. Psychopathic persons are lacking in conscience and feeling for others; they selfishly take what they want and do as they please without the slightest sense of guilt and regret. Psychopathy is among the oldest and arguably the most heavily researched, well-validated, and: ** psychopathy as a construct stands on these orthodoxies ** Interest exists because these individuals are problematic to society. The structure of scientific field: psychopathy theory, research paradigm, hypothesis- research design- diagnostic items and guidelines, clinical model, diagnostic criteria and assessment guidelines.
