Authors: Dean Haycock
psychopathic inferiority,
38–39
psychopathic subtypes,
28
,
36
,
153–160
,
214
psychopaths
chances of becoming,
168–178
child becoming,
179–190
classifications of,
28
,
36
,
153–160
,
214
“cold-blooded” behavior in,
10–11
,
21
,
77
,
97–98
,
135–136
,
159
,
162–163
,
177
,
183
,
193
definition of,
xiii–xiv
“hot-blooded” behavior in,
77
,
135
,
162–163
labeling,
25–55
lack of conscience in,
xiii–xiv
,
10
,
12
,
19–23
,
27
,
38
,
47–51
,
55–63
,
93
,
98
,
130
,
136–141
,
193–197
,
215
lack of empathy in,
xvi
,
12
,
20–22
,
27
,
30–31
,
36
,
51–59
,
129–151
,
183–188
,
192–198
,
210–211
,
215
lack of fear in,
51
,
93
,
98–99
,
129–132
,
148–150
,
182–183
,
198
prediction behavior for,
111–128
prefrontal cortex in,
77–81
,
87–95
,
163–164
,
185
psychopathic behavior in,
xiii–xvi
,
10
,
22–23
,
80–85
,
107–108
,
159
,
167
,
177–178
,
196–197
“successful” psychopaths,
xv
,
24
,
92–94
,
157–168
,
174
,
198–200
traits of,
xiii–xvi
,
10–12
,
17–24
,
42–45
,
57–59
,
84–88
,
102–107
,
129–131
,
155–165
,
197–200
types of,
152–167
“unsuccessful” psychopaths,
24
,
92–94
,
117
,
157–168
,
174
,
198–200
psychopathy
“cold-blooded” behavior,
10–11
,
21
,
77
,
97–98
,
135–136
,
159
,
162–163
,
177
,
183
,
193
definition of,
30
future research on,
215
“hot-blooded” behavior,
77
,
135
,
162–163
measuring,
34
pseudopsychopathy,
88
,
157–158
,
168
,
173–177
Psychopathy Checklist–Revised (PCL–R).
See also
Hare Psychopathy Checklist categories of
35–37
evaluations using,
30–35
questions in,
35–37
score on,
58–63
,
105–107
,
114
,
130
,
150
,
158
,
165
,
199
,
206
screening through,
42–46
,
100
,
114–118
,
150
,
153–155
,
161
psychosurgery,
65
psychotic,
12–13
,
16–18
,
26
,
47
,
156
Q
Quay, Herbert,
131
Quinn, Pat,
207
R
Raine, Adrian
on CSP,
105
on PCL-R,
41–46
on psychopaths,
105–106
,
164–167
on schizophrenia,
18
on theories,
196
recidivism,
115–116
,
122–124
,
185
research costs,
213–214
Rohrbough, Danny,
7
Roll, John M.,
3
Ronson, Jon,
31
Rush, Benjamin,
38
S
sane killer,
10–11
Santayana, George,
55
Scanner Darkly, A
,
113
schizophrenia,
12–19
,
30–32
,
49
,
94–95
schizotypal personality disorder,
134
Schneck, Phyllis C.,
3
Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
,
140
Scientific American Mind
,
11
,
57
Scott, Rachel,
7
Scoville, William,
166
Screamers
,
113
Seabrook, John,
118
Sedaris, David,
90–92
serial killers,
xiii
,
22–23
,
133–139
,
198
,
203
Shaw, Julia,
116
Sheckley, Robert,
195
shift theory,
196
Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter,
120
Skeem, Jennifer,
25
,
41
,
44–46
,
158
,
215
Smithsonian
,
198
Smoller, Jordan,
150
Sociopath Next Door, The
,
46
,
73
Sociopathic Personality Disturbance,
48
sociopathy,
28–29
,
46–49
,
78
,
88
,
148
,
173
,
177–178
Sopranos, The
,
143
Status Civilization, The
,
195
Stich, Stephen,
196
Stoddard, Dorwan C.,
3
Strauss, Hal,
49
striatum,
15–16
“successful” psychopaths,
xv
,
24
,
92–94
,
157–168
,
174
,
198–200
.
See also
psychopaths
synaptic function,
xvi
,
62
,
69
,
109–110
T
Tabery, James,
211
Taylor, Mark,
7
Tesla,
66–67
test results, psychological,
20
,
57
,
86–87
,
93
,
150–153
Tierney, Bryce,
1
Total Recall
,
113
trial,
202–208
Triarchic Model,
42–46
,
53–54
,
199
Triune Brain Theory,
143–144
U
“unsuccessful” psychopaths,
24
,
92–94
,
117
,
157–168
,
174
,
198–200
.
See also
psychopaths
V
ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC),
108
,
142
,
150–151
,
170–174
.
See also
prefrontal cortices
Vess, James,
155
Vitacco, Michael,
116
von Feuchtersleben, Ernst,
40
W
Wall Street
(movie),
29
Watson, James D.,
29
Weiler, Barbara,
100
What Is a Psychopath?
,
22
“What ‘Psychopath’ Means,”
xiv
Widom, Cathy,
100
“Will the Real Psychopath Please Stand Up?,”
214
Williams, Edward,
175
Williams, Luisa,
116
Wilson, Woodrow,
29
Wired
,
112
Wisdom of Psychopaths, The
,
198
Without Conscience
,
57–58
Woodcock, Peter,
37
Wynn, Rolf,
193
Y
Yang, Yaling,
150
Yurkiewicz, Ilana,
209
Z
Zielinski, Victoria Ann,
82
Zimmerman, Gabriel M.,
3
Zoghbi, Huda,
xvi
About the Author
Dean A. Haycock is a science and medical writer living in New York. He earned a Ph.D. in neurobiology from Brown University and a fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health to study at The Rockefeller University. The results of his research, conducted in academia and in the pharmaceutical industry, have been published in
Brain Research
, the
Journal of Neurochemistry
, the
Journal of Biological Chemistry
, the
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
, and the
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics,
among others.
His books include The Everything Health Guide to Adult Bipolar Disorder, Third Edition and The Everything Health Guide to Schizophrenia. He also is the co-author of Avoiding and Dealing with Complications of LASIK and Other Eye Surgeries.
His reporting and feature articles have appeared in many newspapers and magazines including WebMD, Drug Discovery and Development, BioWorld Today, BioWorld International, The Lancet Neurology, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Current Biology and the Annals of Internal Medicine. In addition, he has contributed articles on a variety of topics to The Gale Encyclopedia of Science and The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health.
Please visit Dean on his website and Twitter at:
www.DeanAHaycock.com
;
@Dean_A_Haycock
Image Gallery
Figure 1.
left: American psychiatrist Hervey Cleckley, M.D., established the basis for modern studies of psychopathy in the U.S. with his 1941 book
The Mask of Sanity.
right: Canadian psychologist Robert Hare, Ph.D., extended Cleckley’s work and created the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL), which for the first time allowed clinicians and researchers to measure psychopathic traits in individuals.