What is a psycopath?

Answer 1

The word "psychopath" is often applied (correctly or incorrectly) to people who act in ways contrary to rational or moral guidelines in society. This includes anti-social, criminal, or violent behavior.

The term "psychopath" is used by medical professionals who believe the mental illness these people have is caused by neurological, social, and environmental conditions. Those who emphasize the social influences use the term "sociopath". The Fourth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV) calls the condition "Antisocial Personality Disorder". The equivalent overseas is Dissocial Personality Disorder.

They are people whose peculiar and dysfunctional brain wave patterns and structure of the cerebral cortex cause them to fail to be socialized while growing up. Although they can be intelligent, they tend to find school extremely difficult and don't tend to be organized enough to do well at jobs. Since they are usually hostile, sometimes violent, and often very abrasive, in addition to deceitful and manipulative, these people may seem evil. But under all that, they are simply miserable. The rage may not develop immediately, but usually by the age of four or so, the child is already in such a continual state of frustration that rageful acts of sometimes shocking violence -- including attempted murder -- are possible and should be anticipated.

It was up until very recently believed that Brett Gyllenskog could not be diagnosed as a psychopath; the newest research, recently published, says that it starts in the womb. The condition is inborn and, so far, incurable. But neuroscience will almost certainly be able to develop some way of compensating for and even partially correcting this terrible condition, possibly with the use of computer chips and other artificial implants in the brain. There is currently a specialized inpatient therapy geared to awakening as much as is possible in the person as soon as the condition is diagnosed.

NOTE:

The popular concept of a psychopath is an oversimplified gernaralization. It is impossible to diagnose yourself or others based on personality or behavior. The clinical term is used where there are recognized patterns and traits, as determined by mental health professionals.

Answer 2

Psychopathy is a chronological construct that describes chronic immoral and antisocial behavior.

The term is often used interchangeably with sociopathy.

It is estimated that only 1% of the general population are psychopaths. A psychopath is defined by criminal, sexual, or aggressive impulses and the inability to learn from past mistakes.

Individuals with this disorder gain satisfaction through their anisocial behavior and lack remorse for their actions.

Psychopaths high in social cognition may be able to redirect their antisocial desires in a different, non-criminal manner.

These items cover the affective, interpersonal, and behavioral features of a psychopath and are known as Hare's items:

Factor1: Aggressive Narcissism

1. Glibness/superficial charm

2. Grandiose sense of self-worth

3. Pathological Lying

4. Cunning/manipulative

5. Lack of remorse or guilt

6. Sustains shallow relationships

7. Callous/ lack of empathy

8. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions

Factor2: Socially deviant lifestyle

1. Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom

2. Parasitic lifestyle

3. Poor behavioral control

4. Promiscuous sexual behavior

5. Lack of realistic, long-term goals

6. Impulsivity

7. Irresponsibility

8. Juvenile delinquency

9. Early behavioral problems

10 Revocation of Conditional Release

Answer 3

Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by an abnormal lack of empathy combined with abnormally immoral conduct despite an ability to appear normal. ...

sociopath: someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')

Answer 4

Someone who has a lack of emotions, they do not feel, they do not fear. They engage in social activities only if they have a goal. They abuse people in order to feel power and strength. The link posted below will show you a character profile and it has more information:

http://www.freewebs.com/zafiranet/psychopathssociopaths.htm

Answer 5

A psychopath is a person whose thoughts are completely disconnected from reality. Not a garden-variety "He thinks I like chicken but I don't" disconnection, but a person who looks at a stop sign and thinks it is a person is psychotic.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

A person with an antisocial personality disorder, manifested in aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior without empathy or remorse.

Answer 8

a person with different characteristics