Psychopath Vs Group Therapy

An almost psychopath follows the behavior society finds acceptable while still not playing by the rules. They often have aggressive narcissism and a problem with competiveness. If someone were to get close to one or to meet one, the relationship of sorts would more than likely not last very long. If it did last, it would be through the work of the partner who wasn’t an almost psychopath (Becker and McNenry). Psychopathy is more common than what most people would like to believe, being twice as likely to happen to someone as schizophrenia, anorexia, bipolar disorder, or paranoia. It is approximately as common as panic disorder, narcissism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and bulimia (Kent and Hoffman). Robert Hare, the most known expert in the psychopathic field, says that noticing a psychopath and knowing what they are is simple once you understand what to look for in them. In the 1800s a …show more content…
Not even group therapy can help them or therapy in general. Although, it has been proven that group therapy can worsen a psychopath’s violence and mental situation. Empathy is usually taught in therapy, but with a psychopath, empathy cannot be taught because they already know what it is; they don’t understand it, nor do they feel it, but psychopaths know what it is (Keysers). Another branch of psychopathy that is not as thought of is the mental retardation of psychopaths. There was an experiment where they put a random, stratified group of 165- fifty-five female and 110 male- of mentally challenged adults in a room and gave them the Hare test while also questioning them. The stratified variables were the mental disability, its level, and their living environment. The outcome of the experiment was that 35.9 percent of the sample had at least one severe psychopathic disorder. This was related to the person’s level of mental challenging not the environment, sex, or age (Iverson and