The Psychopath

Emotion and the Brain

• Author(s): James Blair, Derek Mitchell, Karina Blair,
• Publisher: Wiley
• Pages: 201
• ISBN_10: 0631233369
  ISBN_13: 9780631233367
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Psychology / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent , Psychology / Psychopathology / General , Psychology / Psychotherapy / General ,

Description:... Psychopaths continue to be demonised by the media and estimates suggest that a disturbing percentage of the population has psychopathic tendencies. This timely and controversial new book summarises what we already know about psychopathy and antisocial behavior and puts forward a new case for its cause - with far-reaching implications.

• Presents the scientific facts of psychopathy and antisocial behavior.
• Addresses key questions, such as: What is psychopathy? Are there psychopaths amongst us? What is wrong with psychopaths? Is psychopathy due to nature or nurture? And can we treat psychopaths?
• Reveals the authors' ground-breaking research into whether an underlying abnormality in brain development leaves psychopaths with an inability to feel emotion or fear.
• The resulting theory could lead to early diagnosis and revolutionize the way society, the media and the state both views and contends with the psychopaths in our midst.