Download or read book Scalpels Psychopaths written by S.C. Wynne and published by S.C. Wynne. This book was released on 2021-02-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LGBT mystery. I assumed the worst I’d have to endure at a boring birthday party was cheap champagne and dull conversation. Murder never crossed my mind. After three months of struggling to fit into the small town of Rainy Dale, Texas, Maxwell Thornton is once again thrown into the middle of a murder investigation. While attending Mayor Penelope Granger’s birthday party, he and Royce are witnesses to the cold-blooded murder of her father. Seeing as he’s sheriff, Royce has no choice but to get involved in solving the murder, but he’d prefer Maxwell stay at a safe distance. Maxwell would prefer that too, but when an attempt in made on his life, he’s unwillingly sucked into the case. When Maxwell moved to Rainy Dale, he’d hoped for a new beginning. But after two attempts on his life, and his unnerving emotional attachment to Royce, more and more Maxwell wonders if staying in Rainy Dale is the logical choice. Perhaps it’s time to run back to Los Angeles, where he can keep his body, and his heart, safe.
Download or read book The Psychopath Whisperer written by Kent A. Kiehl, PhD and published by Crown. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling journey into the science and behavior of psychopaths, written by the leading scientist in the field of criminal psychopathy. We know of psychopaths from chilling headlines and stories in the news and movies—from Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy, to Hannibal Lecter and Dexter Morgan. As Dr. Kent Kiehl shows, psychopaths can be identified by a checklist of symptoms that includes pathological lying; lack of empathy, guilt, and remorse; grandiose sense of self-worth; manipulation; and failure to accept one’s actions. But why do psychopaths behave the way they do? Is it the result of their environment— how they were raised—or is there a genetic component to their lack of conscience? This is the question Kiehl, a protégé of famed psychopath researcher Dr. Robert Hare, was determined to answer as he began his career twenty years ago. To aid in his quest to unravel the psychopathic mind, Kiehl created the first mobile functional MRI scanner to study psychopaths in prison populations. The brains of more than five hundred psychopaths and three thousand other offenders have been scanned by Kiehl’s laboratory—the world’s largest forensic neuroscience repository of its kind. Over the course of The Psychopath Whisperer, we follow the scientific bread crumbs that Kiehl uncovered to show that the key brain structures that correspond with emotional engagement and reactions are diminished in psychopaths, offering new clues to how to predict and treat the disorder. In The Psychopath Whisperer, Kiehl describes in fascinating detail his years working with psychopaths and studying their thought processes— from the remorseless serial killers he meets with behind bars to children whose behavior and personality traits exhibit the early warning signs of psychopathy. Less than 1 percent of the general population meets the criteria for psychopathy. But psychopaths account for a vastly outsized proportion of violent crimes. And as Kiehl shows, many who aren’t psychopaths exhibit some of the behaviors and traits associated with the condition. What do you do if you discover your roommate, or boss, or the person you are dating has traits that define a psychopath? And what does having a diminished limbic region of the brain mean for how the legal system approaches crimes committed by psychopaths? A compelling narrative of cutting-edge science, The Psychopath Whisperer will open your eyes on a fascinating but little understood world, with startling implications for society, the law, and our personal lives.
Download or read book Without Conscience written by Robert D. Hare and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers that increasingly populate our movies, television programs, and newspaper headlines. With their flagrant criminal violation of society's rules, serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are among the most dramatic examples of the psychopath. Individuals with this personality disorder are fully aware of the consequences of their actions and know the difference between right and wrong, yet they are terrifyingly self-centered, remorseless, and unable to care about the feelings of others. Perhaps most frightening, they often seem completely normal to unsuspecting targets--and they do not always ply their trade by killing. Presenting a compelling portrait of these dangerous men and women based on 25 years of distinguished scientific research, Dr. Robert D. Hare vividly describes a world of con artists, hustlers, rapists, and other predators who charm, lie, and manipulate their way through life. Are psychopaths mad, or simply bad? How can they be recognized? And how can we protect ourselves? This book provides solid information and surprising insights for anyone seeking to understand this devastating condition.
Download or read book The Psychopath Inside written by James Fallon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Compelling, essential reading for understanding the underpinnings of psychopathy.” — M. E. Thomas, author of Confessions of a Sociopath For his first fifty-eight years, James Fallon was by all appearances a normal guy. A successful neuroscientist and professor, he’d been raised in a loving family, married his high school sweetheart, and had three kids and lots of friends. Then he learned a shocking truth that would not only disrupt his personal and professional life, but would lead him to question the very nature of his own identity. While researching serial killers, he uncovered a pattern in their brain scans that helped explain their cold and violent behavior. Astonishingly, his own scan matched that pattern. And a few months later he learned that he was descended from a long line of murderers. Fallon set out to reconcile the truth about his own brain with everything he knew as a scientist about the mind, behavior, and personality.
Download or read book The Inner World of the Psychopath written by Steve Becker and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The psychopath, or sociopath, is an individual with a chilling disregard for the harm he or she causes others in the pursuit of his or her interests. In his new book, "The Inner World of the Psychopath: A Definitive Primer on the Psychopathic Personality," Steve Becker, LCSW, shines a laser focus on the psychopath's violating mentality. Avoiding the sensationalism rife in so many other accounts of psychopaths, Becker examines how psychopaths think, view others, and rationalize their alarmingly exploitative behaviors. Illuminating the psychopath's baffling, disturbing attitudes with vivid examples, Becker provides lay readers and clinicians alike with a lucid, concise, yet comprehensive, understanding of what makes psychopaths tick.
Download or read book SUBCLINICAL PSYCHOPATHS written by Cary Stacy Smith and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is estimated that psychopaths make up about 1 percent of the general population. They do everything that a normal person does, with the exception that they possess no empathy and/or conscience toward others, are highly skilled in the art of manipulation, and they have no compunction using others to get what they want and are masters at it. This book is intended for mental health professionals who want to know more about a phenomenon that is both fascinating and scary and who seek to gain information about a topic that, thus far, has received scant attention from researchers. The authors focus on a number of different areas concerning subclinical psychopathy, with some chapters being more technical than others primarily due to the nature of the data reported. Chapters include: An Introduction to Subclinical Psychopathy; A Short History of Psychopathy; What is Subclinical Psychopathy?; The Psychopathic Brain; Child and Adolescent Psychopaths; Interpersonal Relationships; Personality Factors—How to Detect Psychopaths; Treatment for Psychopathy; and How to Deal with the Psychopath in Your Life. While the book is not a treatise on subclinical psychopathy, after reading it, readers will walk away with a better understanding of the subject.
Download or read book Almost a Psychopath written by Ronald Schouten and published by Hazelden Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost a Psychopath
Download or read book So You re Dating a Psychopath written by Michele Gilbert and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-28 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So You Think Your Dating Or Involved With A Psychopath...What Can You Do? *** Get A Special Discounted Price For This Amazon Future Bestseller*** Read on your PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device. There are thousands of people out there that are afflicted with psychopathy, as many as one in twenty five. So what happens if you think the person you're dating or are involved with is a psychopath? > This book will help you distinguish the difference between psychopaths and sociopaths and why they're similar. You'll be given inside knowledge into how psychopaths tick and what they truly are. There will be a step by step guide on how to get out of a relationship if you're in one with a psychopath. It's all right here, waiting for you to discover. So are you ready? Here is what is inside So You Found Someone... Odd... Is it a Sociopath? The Point of No Return The Nature of the Beast What To Do Getting On With Your Life Let The Journey Begin! Would You Like To Know More? Download "So Your Dating A Psychopath..Now What?" Scroll back up to the top and hit the orange "Buy It Now " Button and get your copy Today.
Download or read book Psychopathy written by Albert Rogers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2 books that will open your eyes to the human mind Book 1: Some criminals are psychopaths, and some psychopaths are criminals, but for the most part, the psychopaths among us are ordinary people with distinct traits and qualities. You might even know some yourself, or perhaps you have been manipulated by one in the past. In this book, you will learn, among others: Some differences between sociopaths and psychopaths. What role a conscience plays in the psychopath's mind. How to see symptoms and signs in both children and adults, and how to prevent children from being affected by it entirely. Manipulation strategies psychopaths use to get their way. Examples of some of the most infamous, extreme criminals who showed no regrets. Several ways to spot psychopaths and recognize their behavior as being potentially harmful. Various root causes of psychopathy. Book 2: Although those with personality disorders are all different, it is common for a large part of society to have at least some kind of disorder. Sociopaths have a distinct disorder that makes them different from all the other ones. In this book, you will learn: What sets sociopaths apart from others. Possible causes for sociopathy. The main differences between narcissists, borderliners, schizophrenics, and others with specific disorders. Which dangerous sociopaths made the world burn and destroyed the lives of those around them. How to handle sociopaths more effectively by protecting yourself from their sinister tactics. A variety of ways to treat sociopaths or minimize the symptoms.
Download or read book Psychopath written by Gerald Thorne and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 10 Worst Psychopaths written by Victor McQueen and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding and Treating the Psychopath written by Dennis M. Doren and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1987 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops a new theory of psychopathy, the antisocial personality, as the foundation for a new mode of therapeutic intervention. It begins with a definition of psychopathy, examines its etiology, and describes the psychological dynamics that characterize the psychopathic personality. Also it explores and critiques the four existing major theoretical perspectives on the nature of the disorder. Offering a new theory that utilizes the strengths of the the others and summarizes the relevant research supporting it, the book goes on to apply its clinical implications in diagnosis and therapy.
Download or read book The 10 Worst Psychopaths written by Victor McQueen and published by Arcturus Editions. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often, the term 'psychopath' tends to be equated with violent and deranged criminality, but true psychopaths are very different from the way they are portrayed in film or on television. They are aware of the difference between right and wrong: they simply choose to ignore anything that prevents them getting what they want. Real-life psychopaths are not 'mad' but 'bad', but they appear on the surface to be entirely 'normal'. One of the pioneers of the modern research effort was Dr. Robert Hare, who developed the Psychopathy Check List Revised (PCL-R) in an attempt to describe the degree of psychopathy an individual displays. The clusters of personality traits and socially-deviant behaviours outlined in the check-list are separated into four types: interpersonal, affective, lifestyle and anti-social. The 10 Worst Psychopaths looks at history's most notorious and infamous psychopaths, and seeks to show how their life stories illustrate the classic psychopathic personality traits. Though all morally despicable, many of these individuals were charming, popular and charismatic. This is part of our enduring fascination with the psychopath: they are capable of extraordinary inhuman acts, and yet they appear on the surface to be entirely 'normal'. It is only once you know what to look for that the psychopathy beneath the cunning mask becomes obvious. Chillingly, psychopaths are usually the person you would least suspect.
Download or read book Sociopaths and Psychopaths written by Ted Dawson and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least one in every twenty-five people is a sociopath. And one percent of the human population has a psychopathic disorder. This means, that in your lifetime, you will probably have the misfortune of encountering one of these people. But what does that mean for you? Sociopaths and psychopaths are slightly different, but both types of people have Antisocial Personality Disorder. This basically means that these people are monsters wearing human faces. They hurt people for pleasure and never feel remorse for the horrible things that they do. Having one of these people in your life is never a good thing. But that's where this book comes in. This book offers you tacit and helpful advice for spotting, avoiding, and defending yourself against sociopaths and psychopaths. Through a collection of anecdotes, this book helps you get inside the heads of these people. It also tells you how to protect yourself and how to heal from the emotional abuse that these types of people are likely to inflict upon you. As a human being, you have rights and you don't need to suffer because of some sociopath or psychopath that enters your life. Take steps to protect yourself now.
Download or read book Sociopaths and Psychopaths written by Max Wachtel and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the concept of the sociopath psychopath, including fascinating information you never thought to ask.
Download or read book The Mask of Sanity written by Hervey Cleckley and published by Mockingbird Press. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mask of Sanity: An Attempt to Clarify Some Issues About the So-Called Psychopathic Personality is a foundational work on the nature and diagnosis of psychopathy by Dr. Harvey M. Cleckley. This landmark work explores the psychopath's ability to hide their illness and function "normally" in public when it serves their ends. This ability to slip on the "mask" makes identification and diagnoses of these individuals extremely difficult. Dr. Hervey M. Cleckley (1903-1984) was a professor of psychiatry and neurology at the University of Georgia School of Medicine. As the psychiatric consultant at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Augusta and the Camp Gordon Army Hospital, he had ample opportunities to observe and treat men suffering from war-related trauma like post-traumatic stress disorder. He wrote several books on psychiatry, including The Three Faces of Eve with Dr. Corbett H. Thigpen. This book is a case study on a patient with a rare diagnosis of multiple personality disorder. It was later made into a film of the same name. Actress Joanne Woodward won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Eve's three personalities. Dr. Cleckley was also a consultant for the prosecution in the 1979 trial of Ted Bundy. Dr. Cleckley's best-known work is The Mask of Sanity, first published in 1941. This printing is the second edition, published in 1950. The work was revised several times across four decades, as additional research and new subjects increased his knowledge of the subject. The title refers to the mask that the psychopathic personality is able to apply in everyday situations, in order to achieve their ends or get themselves out of trouble. While other manifestations of mental illness are uncontrollable and involuntary, the psychopath is able to conceal theirs when it suits their purpose. To add to the complication, many people in the beginning stages of their psychosis behave normally most of the time, only occasionally exhibiting symptoms of aberrant behavior. Identifying the difference between the occasional bout of poor judgment and a personality disorder is strikingly difficult in these early stages. After all, writes Cleckley, "Do we not...have to admit that all of us behave at times with something short of rationality and good judgment?" Yet another difficulty arises among psychiatrists in the definition and classification of the term "psychopath." Definitions are inconsistent across practices, and they do not coincide with the way the term is used in clinical practice. With a broad definition and no consistency in its use, how are psychiatrists to identify and treat psychopaths? A large part of the book consists of the dramatic stories of 13 individuals that Cleckley had the opportunity to study in his clinical work. Through these stories, he explores the characteristics that are shared among psychopaths. He also describes six "incomplete manifestations of the disorder," assigning each an archetype such as the Businessman, the Gentleman, or the Scientist. To aid in the identification of the pathology, he created a profile of 16 characteristics of the psychopath. These include behaviors like "lack of remorse or shame" and "superficial charm." Dr. Cleckley theorized that there are more undiagnosed psychopaths than doctors had ever known, and hoped that this work would help them to be more easily identified. The Mask of Sanity is one of the most influential works on psychopathy of the 20th century. While it does not include treatment recommendations, it has served as a foundation for the therapies and behavioral skills training now used to treat the disorder.
Download or read book Deep Inside a Psychopath s Mind GOOGLE written by Just-Thony and published by Caligrama. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 829 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ekdikitís, a final year student of psychology / psychiatry, delves so deeply into the minds of every psychopath he has been able to study and interview, that at one point he believed himself to be one of the most ruthless psychopaths in the world, getting to commit the most horrendous crimes that have been committed on planet earth.
