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Coid, Jeremy W. "An Affective Syndrome in Psychopaths with Borderline Personality Disorder?" British Journal of Psychiatry 162, no. 5 (May 1993): 641–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.162.5.641.

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A preliminary study of the repetitive mood swings of 72 female psychopaths with a DSM-III diagnosis of borderline personality disorder demonstrated considerable complexity and specificity in what has been previously considered a criterion of personality disorder. A principal-components analysis of the symptom profile for these affective disturbances revealed four factors (anxiety, anger, depression, and tension) which showed individual patterns of association with additional lifetime diagnoses of major mental illness and other personality disorders. The women also had multiple mood-related behavioural disorders, enacted with a feeling of compulsion, which appeared to relieve the original affective symptoms. It is hypothesised that these women could have a distinct affective syndrome that has not previously been described in the literature.
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Santoso, Meilanny Budiarti, Hetty Krisnani, and Gevia Nur Isna Deraputri. "GANGGUAN KEPRIBADIAN ANTISOSIAL PADA NARAPIDANA." Share : Social Work Journal 7, no. 2 (December 30, 2017): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.24198/share.v7i2.15681.

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ABSTRAKArtikel ini membahas mengenai gangguan psikopat atau antisosial yang terjadi pada narapidana. Psikopat merupakan perilaku psikologis yang terjadi pada manusia. Psikopat ini merupakan keadaan seseorang dimana seseorang tersebut tidak dapat merasakan empati dan cenderung untuk dapat melakukan kekerasan pada manusia lain tanpa diikuti dengan perasaan bersalah dan melakukan perilaku tersebut untuk kepuasan dirinya sendiri dan mereka cenderung untuk membenarkan dirinya sendiri atas perbuatan yang dilakukannya. Narapidana adalah seseorang yang hidup dalam tahanan atau sel penjara karena mereka telah melakukan tindakan-tindakan menyimpang yang tidak sesuai dengan norma dan nilai-nilai yang ada pada masyarakat.Tidak sedikit dari narapidana yang ada didalam sel tahanan yang teridentifikasi mempunyai prilaku psikologis yang menyimpang yaitu psikopat. Mereka, narapidana penyandang psikopat, cenderung tidak memiliki kemampuan untuk mengenali dan belajar dari kesalahan yang mereka lakukan sebelumnya. Beberapa mendefinisikan penyebab dari psikopat ini adalah karena gangguan pada sel otak dan juga pengaruh lingkungan dari orang tersebut yang terbentuk sejak mereka kecil.Pada artikel ini akan menjelaskan mengenai apa itu psikopat, bagaimana narapidana yang mempunyai gangguan psikopat, dan bagaimana seharusnya penanganan untuk narapidana yang tinggal dan menetap di sel penjara yang mengidap penyakit mental. Serta, bagaimana pekerja sosial dalam kasus ini berperan untuk dapat memanusiakan manusia. ABSTRACTThis article discusses the psychopathic or antisocial disorders that occur on inmates. Psychopaths is a psychological behavior that occurs in humans. Psychopaths disorder is a situation where one person is unable to feel empathy and tends to be violent to other humans without feeling guilty and perform these behaviors for themselves and their satisfaction justifies itself on the act of doing. Inmates are someone living in detention or prison cells because they have committed acts which do not deviate in accordance with the norms and values that exist in society.Some of the inmates that there were unidentified having antisocial personality disorder. inmates with psychopathic does not have the ability to recognize and learn from the mistakes they did before. but they also can behave either like a normal person and do not show that they have a personality disorder. Some define the cause of the psychopath is due to disturbances in brain cells and also environmental influence of the person who formed since they are small.This article will explain about what is a psychopath, how prisoners who have psychopathic disorders, and how should the handling of prisoners who live and stay in a prison cell with mental illness. As well, how social workers in this case contribute to humanize humans.
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Dolan, M., I. M. Anderson, and J. F. W. Deakin. "Relationship between 5-HT function and impulsivity and aggression in male offenders with personality disorders." British Journal of Psychiatry 178, no. 4 (April 2001): 352–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.178.4.352.

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BackgroundReduced serotonergic (5-HT) function and elevated testosterone have been reported in aggressive populations.AimsTo investigate relationships between impulsivity, aggression, 5-HT function and testosterone in male offenders with personality disorders.MethodSixty male offenders with DSM–III–R personality disorders and 27 healthy staff controls were assessed using the Special Hospital Assessment of Personality and Socialisation (SHAPS), impulsivity and aggression ratings, d-fenfluramine challenge and plasma hormone concentrations.ResultsThe SHAPS non-psychopaths and those with schizoid personality disorders had enhanced 5-HT function (prolactin response to d-fenfluramine). Reduced 5-HT function was found in offenders with DSM–III–R borderline personality disorders and those with a history of repeated self-harm or alcohol misuse. The 5-HT function was inversely correlated more strongly with impulsivity than with aggression. Plasma testosterone correlated positively with aggressive acts. The SHAPS primary psychopaths had lower initial cortisol and higher testosterone concentrations than controls.ConclusionsFuture studies are needed to investigate regional brain 5-HT function.
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Nentjes, L., and D. Bernstein. "The effectiveness of schema focused therapy; Indirect, experimental measures of emotional change in forensic patients." European Psychiatry 26, S2 (March 2011): 2105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-9338(11)73808-1.

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According to recent literature, 50 to 90 percent of criminal offenders have personality disorders (PDs), with cluster B PDs being the most prevalent in forensic settings. The latter type of PD is associated with an increased risk of violence and recidivism. Among forensic patients with a cluster B diagnosis, psychopathic offenders are at particularly high risk for re-offending. Psychopaths are believed to be untreatable, but evidence for this view is weak.The current study aims at determining the effectiveness of Schema Focused Therapy (SFT) versus ‘treatment as usual’ in male forensic patients (including psychopaths) with Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic, and Paranoid PDs, within a 3-year multi-center randomized clinical trial. SFT is an integrative form of psychotherapy combining cognitive, behavioral, psychodynamic object relations, and humanistic/existential approaches, and was developed as a treatment for PDs and other longstanding problems. SFT aims at changing early maladaptive schema modes, thereby producing changes on a structural, emotional level.The goal of a second study that runs within the same project is to objectively determine the nature of the emotional deficiencies that are thought to be central to psychopathy. By administering forensic patients an extensive test battery that assesses various affective capacities (e.g., moral emotion, emotional expressive behavior, cognitive and emotional empathy), we aim at constructing an integrative picture of psychopaths’ emotional functioning. Within the SFT effectiveness study, patients are tested twice (with a one year interval), to see whether these affective capacities are subject to change in the context of therapy.
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Drislane, L. E., U. Vaidyanathan, and C. J. Patrick. "Reduced cortical call to arms differentiates psychopathy from antisocial personality disorder." Psychological Medicine 43, no. 4 (July 31, 2012): 825–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291712001547.

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BackgroundPsychopathy and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) are both characterized by impulsive, externalizing behaviors. Researchers have argued, however, that psychopathy is distinguished from ASPD by the presence of interpersonal–affective features that reflect an underlying deficit in emotional sensitivity. No study to date has tested for differential relations of these disorders with the brain's natural orienting response to sudden aversive events.MethodElectroencephalography was used to assess cortical reactivity to abrupt noise probes presented during the viewing of pleasant, neutral and unpleasant pictures in 140 incarcerated males diagnosed using the Psychopathy Checklist – Revised and DSM-IV criteria for ASPD. The primary dependent measure was the P3 event-related potential response to the noise probes.ResultsPsychopaths showed significantly smaller amplitude of P3 response to noise probes across trials of all types compared with non-psychopaths. Follow-up analyses revealed that this overall reduction was attributable specifically to the affective–interpersonal features of psychopathy. By contrast, no group difference in general amplitude of probe P3 was evident for ASPD versus non-ASPD participants.ConclusionsThe findings demonstrate a reduced cortical orienting response to abrupt aversive stimuli in participants exhibiting features of psychopathy that are distinct from ASPD. The specificity of the observed effect fits with the idea that these distinctive features of psychopathy reflect a deficit in defensive reactivity, or mobilization of the brain's defensive system, in the context of threat cues.
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Mei-Tal, Maya. "The Criminal Responsibility of Psychopathic Offenders." Israel Law Review 36, no. 2 (2002): 103–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021223700012334.

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AbstractThe main purpose of this paper is, first, to consider the nature of psychopathic personality disorder, and then, to consider the capacity for criminal culpability of psychopaths and whether it is justified to hold them culpable. Initially, a description of the disorder of psychopathy shall be presented, highlighting those character traits deemed relevant for findings of criminal culpability. There follows a brief discussion of the main theories justifying punishment and their position on punishing persons incapable of effective participation in moral reasoning. Lastly, a discussion of the importance for moral condemnation of the capacity to feel empathy and the absence of that capacity in the psychopath, leading to the conclusion that these persons should not be regarded as blameworthy.
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Zepinic, Vito. "Psychopathy: Simple or Syndromal Disorder of Personality." International Journal of Psychological Studies 9, no. 4 (September 12, 2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijps.v9n4p1.

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Psychopathy is one of the most puzzling clinical diagnosis and has been a subject to numerous theoretical attempts to define this personality disorder. Although not being recognised as an independent disorder in the DSM-5, the disorder is manifested in different areas of the individual’s personality and subsequently became subject of consideration as syndromal, not a simple disorder. This condition is usually stable and long-lasting, its onset usually traced back to childhood or adolescence, often being undiagnosed and/or successfully masked by the psychopath. Some psychopaths are quite successful in their profession, others are commonly related to the violence or crime.
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Cheang, Henry S., and Steven H. Appelbaum. "Corporate psychopathy: deviant workplace behaviour and toxic leaders (part two)." Industrial and Commercial Training 47, no. 5 (July 6, 2015): 236–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ict-12-2013-0087.

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Purpose – Increasingly, it is recognized that (larger) organizations have many employees who present with corporate psychopathy (i.e. a milder version of anti-social personality disorder). Importantly, such a disorder contributes to the presence of deviant workplace behavior. Organizations must therefore adapt its practices to both identify and manage employees who either present with, or have tendencies toward, corporate psychopathy. As a means of developing a guiding framework for organizational adaptation, this two part paper offers two reviews of relevant research. The first revolves around the body of knowledge regarding corporate psychopathy and the primary, established behavioral method of identifying its presence; the second is a brief review on physiological measures that can complement current gold standards. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – A range of published empirical and practitioner research articles were reviewed to first, elaborate on anti-social personality disorder and corporate psychopathy; second, showcase the efficacy of the currently most accepted method of detecting psychopathic behavior – the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL); and third, highlight physiological methods of detecting psychopathic tendencies which may complement usage of the PCL – electroencephalography, measurement of galvanic skin responses, and electromyography. Findings – First, deviant workplace behaviors cause losses of billions of dollars across all business organizations, and much of this behavior stems from corporate psychopaths in positions of leadership. Second, the PCL, while useful, can nonetheless yield sharp differences in the identification of psychopathy across different administrators of the test. Third, measures of physiological states show good reliability in discriminating psychopathic persons from non-psychopathic persons. Based on these findings, the authors propose guidelines for how to identify and mitigate the effects of corporate psychopathy for organizations. Research limitations/implications – The proposed guidelines must be tested in an empirical paper to measure their effectiveness. Practical implications – The paper suggests an overall framework that may help leaders and organizational development practitioners identify the major factors which may be considered to safeguard against the potentially detrimental conduct of corporate psychopaths in their organizations. Social implications – This paper highlights the need to identify and ward against the presence of corporate psychopaths. There needs to be guidelines for organizations on how to identify and mitigate the effects of corporate psychopathy for organizations. Originality/value – The suggestion of integrating physiological methods of detection with the PCL, as well as urging pro-active education of all employees as the symptoms and effects of corporate psychopathy, is the novel contribution of the paper.
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Cheang, Henry S., and Steven H. Appelbaum. "Corporate psychopathy: deviant workplace behaviour and toxic leaders – part one." Industrial and Commercial Training 47, no. 4 (June 1, 2015): 165–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ict-12-2013-0086.

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Purpose – Increasingly, it is recognized that (larger) organizations have many employees who present with corporate psychopathy (i.e. a milder version of antisocial personality disorder (APD)). Importantly, such a disorder contributes to the presence of deviant workplace behaviour. Organizations must therefore adapt its practices to both identify and manage employees who either present with, or have tendencies towards, corporate psychopathy. As a means of developing a guiding framework for organizational adaptation, the purpose of this two-part paper is to offer two reviews of relevant research. The first revolves around the body of knowledge regarding corporate psychopathy and the primary, established behavioural method of identifying its presence; the second is a brief review on physiological measures that can complement current gold standards. Design/methodology/approach – A range of published empirical and practitioner research articles were reviewed to elaborate on APD and corporate psychopathy; showcase the efficacy of the currently most accepted method of detecting psychopathic behaviour – the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL) and; highlight physiological methods of detecting psychopathic tendencies which may complement usage of the PCL – electroencephalography, measurement of galvanic skin responses, and electromyography. Findings – Deviant workplace behaviours cause losses of billions of dollars across all business organizations, and much of this behaviour stems from corporate psychopaths in positions of leadership; the PCL, while useful, can nonetheless yield sharp differences in the identification of psychopathy across different administrators of the test; measures of physiological states show good reliability in discriminating psychopathic persons from non-psychopathic persons. Based on these findings, the authors propose guidelines for how to identify and mitigate the effects of corporate psychopathy for organizations. Research limitations/implications – The proposed guidelines must be tested in an empirical paper to measure their effectiveness. Practical implications – The paper suggests an overall framework that may help leaders and organizational development practitioners identify the major factors which may be considered to safeguard against the potentially detrimental conduct of corporate psychopaths in their organizations. Social implications – This paper highlights the need to identify and ward against the presence of corporate psychopaths. There needs to be guidelines for organizations on how to identify and mitigate the effects of corporate psychopathy for organizations. Originality/value – The suggestion of integrating physiological methods of detection with the PCL, as well as urging proactive education of all employees as the symptoms and effects of corporate psychopathy, is the novel contribution of the paper.
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Sánchez de Ribera, Olga, Nicholas Kavish, Ian M. Katz, and Brian B. Boutwell. "Untangling Intelligence, Psychopathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Conduct Problems: A Meta–Analytic Review." European Journal of Personality 33, no. 5 (September 2019): 529–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.2207.

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Substantial research has investigated the association between intelligence and psychopathic traits. The findings to date have been inconsistent and have not always considered the multidimensional nature of psychopathic traits. Moreover, there has been a tendency to confuse psychopathy with other closely related, clinically significant disorders. The current study represents a meta–analysis conducted to evaluate the direction and magnitude of the association of intelligence with global psychopathy, as well as its factors and facets, and related disorders (i.e. antisocial personality disorder, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder). Our analyses revealed a small, significant, negative relationship between intelligence and total psychopathy ( r = −.07, p = .001). Analysis of factors and facets found differential associations, including both significant positive (e.g. interpersonal facet) and negative (e.g. affective facet) associations, further affirming that psychopathy is a multidimensional construct. Additionally, intelligence was negatively associated with antisocial personality disorder ( r = −.13, p = .001) and conduct disorder ( r = −.13, p = .001) but positively with oppositional defiant disorder ( r = .06, p = .001). There was significant heterogeneity across studies for most effects, but the results of moderator analyses were inconsistent. Finally, bias analyses did not find significant evidence for publication bias or outsized effects of outliers. © 2019 European Association of Personality Psychology
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Patrick, Christopher John. "The validity of lie detection with criminal psychopaths." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27507.

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The idea that psychopaths may be able to "beat" a standard polygraph ("lie detector") test remains a controversial issue. The one published study to date that has addressed this question directly (Raskin & Hare, 1978) has been challenged on the grounds that: 1) the polygraph testing situation lacked a 'realistic threat component, and 2) the examiner's decisions were not based on blind chart analyses (Lykken, 1978). The present study re-assessed the accuracy of the polygraph with psychopaths using a revised procedure, in response to Lykken's criticisms. Subjects were 24 psychopathic and 24 nonpsychopathic male prison inmates (aged 18-54) selected on the basis of psychopathy checklist scores (Hare, 1980) and DSM-III ratings within each diagnostic sample, equal groups of "guilty" and "innocent" subjects were tested regarding their involvement in a mock theft by experienced professional polygraphers using control question procedures. Methodological innovations included: a) a "group contingency threat" manipulation which produced a realistic motivational; atmosphere for the polygraph test, b) simultaneous recordings of physiological activity on field and laboratory polygraph instruments, and c) blind numerical analyses of the field polygraph charts. Consistent with Raskin and Hare's results, the guilty psychopaths in the present study were detected just as easily as the guilty nonpsychopaths, and the majority of guilty subjects (87%, excluding inconclusives ) were correctly identified, even when the decisions were based on blind chart analyses. However in contrast to Raskin and Hare's 91% accuracy figure for innocent subjects, the overall hit rate for innocent subjects in the present study was only 56%. Quantitative analyses of the laboratory polygraph recordings revealed few meaningful differences between psychopaths and nonpsychopaths, and the results for guilty and innocent subjects closely matched those obtained with the field polygraph. The findings were discussed in terms of their implications for the field validity of the control question test and the responsivity of psychopaths to threat.
Arts, Faculty of
Psychology, Department of
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Carter, Rachel M. "Psychopathic Traits and Insecure Attachment Patterns in Community-based Subgroups." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699993/.

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There is a growing body of research on psychopathic traits in non-clinical populations. This emerging research has documented the prevalence of psychopathic traits in the general population and demonstrated that psychopathy has a similar latent structure as well as similar correlates (e.g., violent behavior, alcohol abuse, and lower intelligence) to forensic/offender samples. Relatedly, there is strong evidence insecure attachment patterns in adulthood are associated with many personality disorders, including psychopathy, but only a few studies have examined the relationship between attachment and psychopathic traits in non-clinical samples (albeit, convenience samples of college students). Thus, two aims of the current study are to: 1) describe and explore the manifestation and expression of psychopathic traits in a large, community-based sample and 2) examine associations between adult attachment disturbances and psychopathic traits in diverse sociodemographic subgroups. Using a cross-sectional design, results showed mean-level psychopathy factor score differences existed only when considering single sociodemographic factors (e.g., age), not an interaction of those factors. Psychopathy factor profiles were also consistent across groups, with higher levels of lifestyle followed by interpersonal, affective, and antisocial traits reported. Regarding the second aim, findings indicated support for the positive association between disturbed attachment patterns in adult relationships and psychopathic traits, although these associations differed in males and females of different age groups. Finally, there was some support for attachment processes acting as a social development pathway toward psychopathy, as insecure attachments in adulthood partially mediated the relationships between age and interpersonal, affective, and lifestyle traits of psychopathy.
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Kreklewetz, Kimberly. "Facial affect recognition in psychopathic offenders /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2005. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2166.

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Zanone, Charles F. "Predictors of criminality and personality subtypes among women prisoners /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9842577.

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Henley, Aimee Gillison. "Psychopathy and career interest in a noncriminal population." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3035949.

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Foreman, Michael Ernest. "Interpersonal assessment of psychopathy." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42514.

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This study was concerned with the relations between representations of psychopathy and interpersonal perceptions. From 147 inmates seen in a federal medium security prison, 79 of the men provided complete data for comparisons. Groups were defined under criteria from (1) the Psychopathy Checklist (PC) (Hare, 1985b), or (2) American Psychiatric Association (1980, 1987) outlines for Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD). Measures were derived from the Interpersonal Adjective Scales-Revised (IAS-R) (Wiggins, Trapnell, and Phillips, 1988 ) which relate interpersonally defined perceptions of personality as locations within a circumplex space--Interpersonal Circle (Wiggins, 1979, 1980). Self-ratings were obtained as descriptive of (1) self, (2) ideal self, (3) self as thought seen by a friends, and (4) self as thought seen by a specific member of the institutional staff. A rating was also obtained from the specific staff members as descriptive of the particular inmates. Comparisons were also made with respect to the specificity and sensitivity of MMPI profiles considered relevant to psychopathy. Supplementary comparisons used selected scales from the Adjective Checklist (ACL) (Gough and Heilbrun, 1980) and Rosenberg's (1965) Self- esteem Scale. These comparisons provided manipulation checks of the consistency of the data and contributed to the interpretive generalizability of the results. The primary hypotheses were that a group of individuals defined as psychopathic would show differences in representations obtained from self-rated and other-rated descriptions, with respect to circumplex location and derived difference scores from the IAS-R, in comparison to groups considered non-psychopathic. Results indicated differential perceptions, particularly by staff members, which provided good discriminations of groups based on the PC but not for groups defined by APD. Circumplex locations of psychopaths defined by the PC were consistent with expectations for the Interpersonal Circle. The discriminative utility of group differences was much higher for the PC-defined groups than for APD relative to the base rates for these different categorizations. The results are discussed in terms of (1) their contribution to the nomological network for the concept of psychopathy as represented by the PC, (2) specific limitations of the study, and (3) the evident confusion which can result from the use of measures assumed to to relate to the 'psychopath,' but that rely on primarily behavioural descriptions.
Arts, Faculty of
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Hart, Stephen David. "Diagnosis of psychopathy in a forensic psychiatric population." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26835.

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Both researchers and clinicians, especially those working in criminal populations, have long suggested that psychopathy (or antisocial personality disorder) and schizophrenia are associated on an etiological or on some other level (e.g., Eysenck and Eysenck, 1976, 1978). Others (Hare, 1984; Hare and Harpur, 1986; Raine, 1985) argue that psychopathy is not associated (or even negatively associated) with other psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. To evaluate these competing positions concerning the psychopathy-schizophrenia association, 80 male prisoners remanded to a forensic psychiatric institute for assessment of their fitness to stand trial were diagnosed using both the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL; Hare, 1980, 1985a) and DSM-III Axis I and II criteria. In addition, clinical global ratings and self-report inventories were used to measure the strength of psychopathy- and schizophrenia-related traits. The results indicated that: a) although diagnoses of psychopathy (according to PCL criteria) did not have perfect specificity with respect to schizophrenia-related clinical diagnoses, the overlap was small, and the PCL scales were either not associated or negatively associated with these disorders; b) diagnoses of antisocial personality disorder (APD, according to DSM-III criteria) were generally not associated with schizophrenia-related disorders, but had lower clinical specificity than did the PCL criteria with respect to both schizophrenia-related and other psychiatric disorders; c) there was no association between psychopathy- and schizophrenia-related clinical ratings; d) psychopathy and APD diagnoses and clinical ratings were not related to scores on other standard rating scales of the severity of psychiatric symptomatology; and e) there was no difference between schizophrenic and non-schizophrenic subjects in the strength of psychopathy-related traits, and no difference between psychopaths and nonpsychopaths (or APD versus non-APD subjects) in the strength of schizophrenia-related traits. As well, self-report measures related to psychopathy and schizophrenia did not correlate with each other, or with clinical ratings of the two disorders. The results are interpreted as supporting the view that psychopathy is not positively associated with schizophrenia or with psychiatric disorder in general. The practical utility of various techniques for assessing psychopathy in forensic psychiatric populations is also discussed.
Arts, Faculty of
Political Science, Department of
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Harpur, Timothy John. "Visual attention in psychopathic criminals." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31019.

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This study was designed to examine the hypothesis that criminal psychopaths differ from criminal nonpsychopaths in their ability to over-focus attention on certain kinds of stimuli. For the purposes of this study, the concept of over-focussing was operationalized to mean the ability to process stimuli more quickly or efficiently by making use of one or more attentional mechanisms for selecting among locations or stimuli. A second aim of the study was to identify the component processes contributing to this more efficient selection. Five experiments were run to assess several different components of attention contributing to selection of stimuli in a variety of paradigms. Experiments 1 and 2 assessed covert orienting of attention across the visual field using both peripherally presented physical cues and centrally presented symbolic cues to prime locations in visual space. Three dissociable components of attention were assessed in this paradigm. Experiments 3-5 were designed to assess the efficiency of processing a target item in the presence of a distractor item. Four additional dissociable components of selective attention were measured in these three studies. The results supported the hypothesis that psychopaths can over-focus attention, but the groups were differentiated by only one of the component processes measured. In Experiments 1 and 2 endogenous orienting of attention was greater for psychopaths than for nonpsychopaths. In these paradigms endogenous facilitation controlled the allocation of attention to cued locations, and the subsequent speeding of reaction time to targets presented at those locations, when the cue was symbolic or predictive, but not when it involved a physical change of energy at the cued location. This strategic allocation of attention probably resulted from the predictive validity (approximately 68% valid) of the cue in relation to the target. Other component processes failed to differentiate the groups. These included measures of exogenous orienting and inhibition of return in experiments 1 and 2, and measures of interference due to a distracting stimulus, habituation of interference, attenuation of interference due to spatial displacement of the distractor, and negative priming in experiments 3-5. The difference in covert orienting was replicated in experiments 1 and 2 in two groups of criminals who also failed to demonstrate any abnormalities in a variety of other processes involved in attention. It was concluded that psychopaths differ from nonpsychopaths specifically in their strategic allocation of attention in situations of moderate uncertainty, but show no other abnormalities in the component processes that control attention.
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Torres, Cristian, and Cristian Torres@act gov au. "Early maladaptive schemas and cognitive distortions in psychopathy and narcissism." The Australian National University. Faculty of Science, 2003. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20031107.130315.

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Personality disorders have traditionally been considered refractory to psychological interventions. Two of the most common, and potentially harmful personality disorders are antisocial personality disorder / psychopathy, and narcissism. Although a great deal of conceptual overlap exists between psychopathy and narcissism, the empirical study of these constructs has proceeded largely independently of one another. Further complicating the discrimination of these constructs is the identification of the bi-factorial nature of psychopathy - conceptualised as primary and secondary psychopathy - as well as the identification of two distinct forms of narcissism, overt and covert. The recent resurgence of interest in the sub-clinical manifestations of these two constructs has led to the development of a number of easily administered instruments to measure each of the psychopathy and narcissism constructs, as dimensional traits, within normal populations. This has provided empirically validated and reliable instruments to further explicate these two overlapping constructs. The first of the two studies reported sought to discriminate between psychopathy and narcissism through the recharacterisation of these constructs in terms of the early maladaptive schemas outlined in Young’s early maladaptive schema theory (Young, 1999). Two hundred and ninety one participants completed questionnaires measuring primary and secondary psychopathy, overt and covert narcissism, and early maladaptive schemas. Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that psychopathy and narcissism are discriminable in cognitive-interpersonal terms, as operationalised by early maladaptive schemas. Findings also call into question the earlier observed hierarchical structure of the Young Schema Questionnaire. The current analysis identified a two-factor structure to the schema questionnaire, rather than the previously stated 5-factors. Having demonstrated the usefulness of understanding psychopathy and narcissism in cognitive-interpersonal terms, the second study sought to further clarify the association between psychopathy and narcissism through the reconceptualisation of these constructs in cognitive terms, through the identification of the cognitive distortions operative in each disorder. One hundred and thirty two participants completed a cognitive distortions questionnaire developed by the author, along with the same measures of primary and secondary psychopathy, and overt and covert narcissism, as those administered in study 1. Findings were interpreted as providing support for the notion of psychopathy representing a sub-category of narcissism. Findings also provide further supportive evidence for the validity of the primary / secondary psychopathy, and overt / covert narcissism distinctions. The further clarification of the factor structure of the Young Schema Questionnaire, and the replication of the reliability and construct validity of the measure of cognitive distortions developed for this research are highlighted as areas for future research.
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Everett, David C. Blashfield Roger K. "Antisocial personality disorder vs. psychopathy an analysis of the literature /." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Spring/master's/EVERETT_DAVID_59.pdf.

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1963-, Silver Jim, ed. Almost a psychopath: Do I (or does someone I know) have a problem with manipulation and lack of empathy? Center City, Minn: Hazelden, 2012.

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1971-, Hung Li-Ching, ed. Subclinical psychopaths: How they adapt, their interpersonal interactions with and effect on others, and how to detect them. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd., 2013.

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Confessions of a sociopath: A life spent hiding in plain sight. New York: Crown Publishers, 2013.

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El psicópata: Un camaleón en la sociedad actual. Alzira, Valencia: Algar Editorial, 2000.

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Thomas, M. E. Confessions of a sociopath: A life spent hiding in plain sight. New York: Broadway Books, 2013.

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1934-, Hare Robert D., ed. Snakes in suits: When psychopaths go to work. New York: ReganBooks, 2006.

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Božinovska, Verče. Psihopatija i recidivizam. Bitola: Univerzitet "Sv. Kliment Ohridski", 2001.

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Hakkanen-Nyholm, Helina. Psychopathy and law: A practitioner's guide. Malden, MA: Wiley, 2012.

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The sociopath next door: The ruthless versus the rest of us. New York: Broadway Books, 2005.

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Adolf, Guggenbühl-Craig, ed. The emptied soul: On the nature of the psychopath. Woodstock, Conn: Spring Publications, 1999.

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Scharnagl, Hubert, Winfried März, Markus Böhm, Thomas A. Luger, Federico Fracassi, Alessia Diana, Thomas Frieling, et al. "Antisocial Personality/Psychopathy Disorder." In Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, 107–8. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29676-8_3194.

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Samarendra, Vishnupriya. "Personality Disorders, Psychopathy, and Deceit." In The Non-Disclosing Patient, 121–50. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48614-3_9.

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Ferracuti, Stefano, Gabriele Mandarelli, and Antonio Del Casale. "Psychopathy, Personality Disorders, and Violence." In Comprehensive Approach to Psychiatry, 81–94. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33188-7_5.

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Ogloff, James R. P., and Michael R. Davis. "Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder." In Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 4116–26. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_536.

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Blumenthal, Stephen, Heather Wood, and Andrew Williams. "Psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder." In Assessing Risk, 131–45. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315225746-10.

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Howe, David. "Psychopathy and Borderline Personality Disorder." In Empathy, 88–100. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-27643-8_8.

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Lynam, Donald R. "Psychopathy and Narcissism." In The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder, 272–82. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118093108.ch24.

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Blackburn, Ronald. "Psychopathy and Personality Disorder: Implications of Interpersonal Theory." In Psychopathy: Theory, Research and Implications for Society, 269–301. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3965-6_13.

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Krusemark, Elizabeth A. "Neurophysiological Correlates of Narcissism and Psychopathy." In The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder, 221–35. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118093108.ch20.

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Jain, Deepti, Sandhya Arora, and C. K. Jha. "Diagnosis of Psychopathic Personality Disorder with Speech Patterns." In Communications in Computer and Information Science, 411–21. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0108-1_38.

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