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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.
The term often evokes a mental image of a ruthless criminal or a serial killer. It’s a reasonable stereotype. Between one quarter and one third of convicted murderers are psychopaths, along with ...
Not all psychopaths are created equal. In America, about 1.2% of adult men and 0.3% to 0.7% of adult women are considered to have clinically significant levels of psychopathic traits, according to the ...
The psychopath is pictured as callous, unemotional, impulsive, and fearless. While a psychopath may seem fearless, it does ...
According to author Kevin Dutton, psychopaths have a distinct set of personality characteristics. Pictured is Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho. Photo by: Mary Evans / UNIVERSAL PICTURES / ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...