A defendant stands in the dock. An expert describes them as a "psychopath." In an instant, one word threatens to eclipse ...

Popular culture exploits a loose notion of psychopaths as remorseless thugs with intent to harm the rest of us. It’s difficult to get past this, but most so-called psychopaths have never been formally ...

In fact, a growing number of academic papers have failed to find evidence that psychopathy exists at all. Could the disorder be something we’ve just invented because it’s convenient, doing away with ...

One of the most enduring ideas about crime — and violence more broadly — is that a lot of it is committed by people we call “psychopaths.” If you didn’t grow up with procedurals like “Law & Order: SVU ...

November 2, 2018 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google There are a lot of misunderstandings about mental health, and casually using terms with a deeper meaning can ...