The term often evokes a mental image of a ruthless criminal or a serial killer. It’s a reasonable stereotype. Between one quarter and one third of convicted murderers are psychopaths, along with ...

The term "psychopath" refers to someone who does not follow the moral norms of their society and lacks empathy and remorse.

The psychopath is pictured as callous, unemotional, impulsive, and fearless. While a psychopath may seem fearless, it does ...

According to author Kevin Dutton, psychopaths have a distinct set of personality characteristics. Pictured is Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho. Photo by: Mary Evans / UNIVERSAL PICTURES / ...

Psychologist Robert Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist is the most widely used diagnostic tool to identify psychopathy — not only in prisons and institutions. If you give the test to CEOs or other corporate ...

An intimate relationship between two people who are each incapable of true emotions may seem completely out of the realm of possibility. When one partner is a psychopath and the other is not, there ...

If I asked you to picture a psychopath, what kind of character might spring to your mind? Thanks to Hollywood, we may imagine them to be “American Psycho”’s (1992) blood-soaked Christian Bale revving ...

M.E. Thomas is an attorney, author, and psychopath. She thinks psychopathy helped her to be a better lawyer and not be affected by gendered expectations. She has two pieces of career advice for ...