Not all psychopaths are created equal. In America, about 1.2% of adult men and 0.3% to 0.7% of adult women are considered to have clinically significant levels of psychopathic traits, according to the ...

Psychopaths and sociopaths are two subtypes of the diagnosable condition called antisocial personality disorder. Here's how to tell them apart.

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 ...

If someone asked you to imagine a psychopath, who would you picture? Many of us might conjure an image of a violent criminal who will do anything without remorse to get what they want. After all, ...

Psychopaths share similarities in brain structure that differ to the rest of the population, a new study reveals, a discovery which could be crucial in developing our understanding of this personality ...

As scary (and entertaining) as many movie serial killers are, only one is a truly realistic portrayal of an actual psychopath ...

Rosamund Pike’s electrifying portrayals of predatory caregiver Marla Grayson in “I Care a Lot” and murderous “cool girl” Amy Dunne in “Gone Girl” were studies in calculated madness. And while we all ...

In a new documentary featuring the wives of some oligarchs, Bill Browder spoke about Vladimir Putin, saying he isn't ill the way people think he is.