CC210 Lecture Notes - Erotomania, Louis Wain, Suicidal Ideation

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Psychopathy is rooted in a lack of fear or anxiety as a result of abnormally low autonomic nervous system functioning. Fearlessness results in an inability to respond to and learn from the consequences of punishment. E. g insincere, grandiose, manipulative traits impacts treatment using self exploration, cognitive confrontation. Intensive (approx 80 hours a week) active participation of patients in own treatment. Increased responsibility in day to day running of hospital community. Living and lerning environment will encourage more open expression of feeling. Learn to better interact with people socially, understand appropriate interpersonal interaction. Psychopaths learned to become better manipulators by understanding how others think feel and empathize. The penetanguishene study: treatment makes psychopaths worse saskatoon study: improve less during treatment. Offenders with factor 1 traits get worse when you give them treatment. Kingston study: some psychopaths behave deceptively well in treatment. More intensive treatment may be required to produce meaningful changes.

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