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Psychopathic Disorder

Psychopathic disorder, identified as a personality disorder affecting interpersonal interactions and emotional responses, first emerged in the United States during the 20th century. It was introduced in the DSM in 1941 and characterized by a lack of empathy, shallow emotions, and manipulative behaviors. Common treatments include medications like antidepressants and mood stabilizers, along with therapy. The disorder is linked to various societal challenges, including loss of relationships and job opportunities. Understanding psychopathy is crucial in criminal justice and therapeutic settings.

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Psychopathic Disorder

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  1. Psychopathic Disorder By DestineeDortch

  2. History • In the 20th century the term “constitutional psychopathic inferiority” became the commonly used term in the United States. • Fist published in the DSM in 1941

  3. What is it? • A personality disorder that affects the mind and how on interacts with other and the way they can deal in situations

  4. Signs/ Symptoms • Shallow emotions • Stress tolerance • Lacking empathy • Lacking guilt • Manipulativeness • Extreme Aggression • Ect.

  5. Treatments • Medications • Antidepressants, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers • Therapy • Physical and counseling

  6. Effects to you and others • Physical assault • Loss of friends and family • Loss of job • No home • Be put in a home

  7. Facts • Psychopathic assessments are widely used today in criminal justice settings. • According to the Scientific American, psychopathy is associated with conduct problems, violence and rage, many of the individuals who are psychopathic are not really violent and rarely psychotic

  8. More facts • in the 1930s, before the modern concept of psychopathy, "sexual psychopath" laws were issued by some states until by the mid-1960s • more than half of the states had such laws. • "Sexual psychopaths" were seen as a distinct group of sex offenders who were not seriously mentally ill but had a "psychopathic personality" that could be treated.

  9. sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy • http://aftermath-surviving-psychopathy.org/index.php/2011/03/03/warn-user-information-can-psychopathy-be-successfully-treated/ • http://ramas.co.uk/report3.pdf • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy#Etymology

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