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This volume would be of interest to clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, clinicians working in correctional facilities, health care settings, private practice and community-based programs as well as researchers and students.
This book explores the issue of psychopathy from the point of view of the individual with psychopathy, brain aspects of the condition, cultural aspects, treatment aspects and it's relation to autism and other empathy disorder which it can ...
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My second conclusion is that, by any standard (save perhaps perfection), psychopathy is of great practical importance in the assessment of risk for violence. Even on its own, the PCL-R predicts future violence reliably better than ...
Psychopathy and the combination of psychopathy and sexual deviance as predictors of sexual recidivism: Meta-analytic findings using the ... Psychopathy, risk taking, and attention: A differentiated test of the somatic marker hypothesis.
The last two decades have seen tremendous growth in biological research on psychopathy, a mental disorder distinguished by traits including a lack of empathy or emotional response, egocentricity, impulsivity, and stimulation seeking.
This book collects the contribution of a selected number of clinical psychiatrists interested in the clinical evaluation of specific issues on psychopathy.
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Psychopathy: Theory and Research
This book provides an overview of the field and covers a wide range of research findings from genetics to psychosocial developmental explanations.
The major strength of the volume is that the validity of the psychopathy construct is enhanced by the extensive empirical support: contributors explore topics including the genetic, biological, affective, interpersonal and information ...
Psychopathy is one of the most puzzling clinical diagnosis and has been defined as an enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour that deviates markedly the individual's psyche.
The text clearly assesses the conclusions that can and cannot be drawn from existing biological research, and highlights the pressing considerations this research demands.