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A Broader View of Psychopathy
American Psychological Association

Abigail Marsh, PhD, Psychopathy Is co-founder, discusses what researchers have learned about the causes of psychopathy and effective treatments for it, how to recognize psychopathy in those around you, and her work exploring the emotional processes and the brain differences that underlie both psychopathy and its opposite, extraordinary altruism.

A Broader View of Psychopathy

Source: American Psychological Association

Adolescent to Parent Violence

Source: University of Oxford

Primary school offering treatment hope for children with ‘callous-unemotional traits’

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Psychopaths can feel emotions and can be treated – don’t believe what you see on crime shows

Source: The Conversation

Does Laughing At TV Violence Mean You Have A Dark Personality? New Psychological Research Weighs In

Source: Forbes

The Impact of Psychopathy on the Family

Source: IntechOpen

Life as a Nonviolent Psychopath

Source: The Atlantic

The Isolating Life of Parenting a Potential Psychopath

Source: The Atlantic

How Early Can We Identify Psychopathy in Children?

Source: Psychology Today

What Happens to the Siblings of Psychopaths?

Source: Psychology Today

4 Defining Traits of a Psychopath, According to a Researcher Who Studies Them

Source: Insider

Towards Targeted Interventions: Examining the Science Behind Interventions for Youth Who Offend

Source: MOD Lab – Yale University

Reconstructing Child Psychopathy Into Grandiose Manipulative, Callous Emotional, and Daring Impulsive Traits Will Facilitate Diagnosis and Treatment of Conduct Disorder.

Source: Academy of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)

Personality Disorder and Dangerousness

Source: Psychiatric Times

Do Psychopathic Personalities Achieve More Career Success?

Source: Psychology Today

The Psychopath Test

Source: This American Life

What is Conduct Disorder?

Source: Child Mind Institute

The Impact of Psychopathy on the Family

Source: Intechopen

Psychopaths Can Empathize, But the Process Isn’t Automatic

Source: Big Think

What Is It That Makes Some People Just Plain Mean?

Source: Psychology Today

Not All Psychopaths Are Criminals – Some Psychopathic Traits are Actually Linked to Success

Source: The Conversation

The Psychopathic Stare? An Algorithm May be Able to Detect Signs of Psychopathy Based on an Inmate’s Head Movements

Source: PsyPost

Psychopathy

Source: Nature

How Psychopaths See the World

Source: The Atlantic

Abnormal Expression of Genes in Psychopathy

Source: Science Daily

Not All Psychopaths Are Violent; a New Study May Explain Why Some Are 'Successful' Instead

Source: Science Daily

The Psychology of Psychopathy: An Inside Look at the Psychopathic Brain

Source: Big Think

Can You Call a 9-year-old a Psychopath?

Source: New York Times Magazine

When Your Child Is a Psychopath

Source: The Atlantic

He Admits to Killing 8 Women in Cold Blood. But Don't Call Him Evil

Source: CNN

People Who Ignore Social Distancing Rules May Have Psychopathic Personality Traits, Study Finds

Source: Insider

Dr Julia Shaw on Evil, Psychopaths and Mental Health

Source: Science Focus

Is Psychopathy Untreatable? Why Researchers are Starting to Change Their Minds

Source: Big Think

Mental Health Needs to Be a Top Priority for Philanthropy. Here's Why

Source: Inside Philanthropy

Child on Parent Violence

Source: Reducing The Risk of Domestic Abuse

When Teens Abuse Parents, Shame and Secrecy Make it Hard to Seek Help

Source: North Carolina Public Radio (NPR)

How to Get Help When a Child or Teen is Violent Towards a Parent

Source: HuffPost

Bullies, Thieves and Chiefs: the Hidden Cost of Psychopaths at Work

Source: The Conversation

Malignant Narcissism and the Murder of a Parent

Source: Psychology Today

What "Psychopath" Means

Source: Scientific American

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Empathy and Callous–Unemotional Traits in Different Bullying Roles: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Bullying is an extremely damaging type of violence that is present in schools all over the world, but there are still many gaps in knowledge regarding different variables that might influence the phenomenon. Two promising research…