Bookshelf

Personal Accounts

Confessions of a Sociopath

M. E. Thomas

The memoir of a high-functioning, law-abiding (well, mostly) sociopath and a roadmap—right from the source—for dealing with the sociopath in your life.

Born to Destroy

Winifred Rule

Born to Destroy is a riveting and nuanced journey through the interpersonal dynamics and life course of the female manifestation of psychopathy and the impact the disorder has within the family.

My Mother the Psychopath

Olivia Rayne

What do you do when the person you’re meant to trust the most in the world is the one trying to destroy you?

The Psychopath

Mary Turner

In 2006, Mary Turner Thomson’s world shattered when she discovered her husband Will was a bigamist, con man and convicted sex offender.

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.

Sociopath: A Memoir

Patric Gagne

Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a way she didn’t understand. She suspected it was because she didn’t feel things the way other kids did. Emotions like fear, guilt, and empathy eluded her. For the most part, she felt nothing. And she didn’t like the way that “nothing” felt.

Help for Individuals and Families Affected by Psychopathy

The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child

Alan Kazdin

Kazdin shatters decades’ worth of accumulated myths about tantrums, time-outs, punishments fitting the crime, and much more.

Outsmarting the Psychopath Next Door

Martha Stout

What happens when the time comes to defend yourself against your own child, a ruthless ex-spouse, a boss or another person in power?

Almost a Psychopath

Ronald Schouten, James Silver

The authors draw on scientific research and their own experiences to help you identify if you are an Almost Psychopath and, if so, guide you to interventions and resources to change your behavior.

Dangerous Instincts

Mary Ellen O'Toole and Alisa Bowman

As one of the world’s top experts on psychopathy and criminal behavior, Mary Ellen O’Toole has seen repeatedly how relying on the sense of fear alone often fails to protect us from danger.

Rules of Estrangement

Joshua Coleman

A guide for parents whose adult children have cut off contact that reveals the hidden logic of estrangement, explores its cultural causes, and offers practical advice for parents trying to reestablish contact with their adult children.

Before it's too Late

Stanton E. Samenow

If you sense that your child is seriously troubled, you may feel bewildered, helpless, ineffective. How can you stop your child from throwing away his or her life?

Understanding Conduct Disorder and Oppositional-Defiant Disorder: A guide to symptoms, management and treatment

Vanzin, L., & Mauri, V.

This is a guide for parents and practitioners that offers practical guidance on intervention for children and adolescents with behavior problems. However, it is limited in its focus on treatments that have specifically proven effective for youth with limited prosocial emotions.