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What is psycopathy?

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A psychopath is a person with a mental illness. They are unable to learn from past mistakes, and usually seek pleasure in aggressive illegal acts like murder. Psychopathy is very similar to sociopathy, but not everyone who is a sociopath is also a psychopath. Psychopaths are more violent and dangerous.

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What is the difference between psycopathy and sociopathy?

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How does God expect us to handle mental illness like psycosis and psycopathy?

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