A diagnosed psychopath has suggested that the 'first clue' he had about his mental illness was what he said when he let his ...

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 ...

Novelists are always trying to get into the minds of our characters. Sometimes, we draw from personal experience, like method actors. Often, though, we have to inhabit a state of mind we've never ...

Authors ID people who are almost, but not quite, clinical psychopaths. June 19, 2012— -- Chances are you might know someone who is almost a psychopath. The coworker who throws you under the bus.

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

Tasha Coryell has thought a lot about psychopaths. “They are walking around in regular life. They’re married, they have kids, they have prestigious careers,” said Coryell, whose debut novel, “Love ...