Psychopathy

DSM since its first edition in 1952, although it was initially labelled antisocial reaction under sociopathic personality disturbance. German-American psychiatrist Karl Birnbaum first introduces the term sociopathy in 1909, as an alternative for psychopathy, for they do share certain similarities, such as lack of empathy, feelings,…

RECOMMENDATIONS: Mrs. Cunningham has been addicted to heroin for at least 20 years. In developing an appropriate plan of treatment for Rosa Lee, the writer utilizes the integrated model of addiction and must consider several factors over the course of her lifespan (Jenkins, n. d.). According to Glenn, Johnson and Raine (2013), substance use is a complicated issue to disentangle. Research suggests that genetic and environmental factors contribute to the possibility of antisocial personality and…

A disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorder it is a psychological disorder which is most common on childhood and adolescence. This disorders makes the child aggressive and tend to have a not great behavior. This disorders it often seen as the precursor to an antisocial personality disorders as, they are not a diagnosed is until the child is 18 years old. They have the ability to recognize the feelings of the rest of the people. The child without a CD is unable to place themselves in other…

Sociopaths constitute 1-3% of the population and 15-25% are offenders or in prison. (Borja & Ostrosky 2010, p. 927) or 4% of the population are conscienceless sociopaths who have no empathy or feelings for animals or humans; but the exact number is still unknown because they mostly behave or act like a normal human being. No one knows who they are, they can be public servants, educators or the person who lives next door to you. Sociopaths are goal orientated people who suffer from antisocial…

1. In these adverts, alcohol is being indirectly portrayed as, even though these individuals are not seen to be drinking, it can be deduced that they would only behave in the manner in which they do if they were drunk. Alcohol is therefore indirectly portrayed in these adverts as being degrading and embarrassing as well as unhealthy and most unpleasant. It is also portrayed as something menacing, which can cause violence, instability and recklessness. The individuals in the advert are portrayed…

The story “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere,” by ZZ Packer tells a story about an African American lady called Dina, who was born in a low income family, facing challenges from her families, friendship, neighborhood and personal identity. Dina was a Yale student, and she was a talented girl who had earned academic success. Story began at the day of orientation, and Dina refused to play the Trust game, also, telling that she would like to be a revolver if she had to be an object. She was requested to…

There are those who think that people who do some type of heinous act are one of the same; driven by the same reason and carry out the action in similar ways. There are those who think that each criminal has a different reasoning for why they do what they do, whether it be a justified reason or not. On the subject of serial killers, people’s thought processes are the same; they are either evenly matched, compelled by the same motive, or they are completely different people, moved by different…

Criminals are those who act in a way that violates public or federal law. This is an agreed upon term, but the question that scientists have been pondering is why criminals behave the way that they do. The debate has been continuous with no avail, it is argued whether it is genetics or the environment that causes criminal behavior. If criminal behavior is looked at too narrowly then there can be similarities but, everyone is different and therefore have different ailments or reasonings for the…

“Yes, I do have remorse, but I 'm not even sure myself whether it is as profound as it should be. I 've always wondered myself why I don 't feel remorse,” said Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee Cannibal. In the US there are around 16,238 murders per year, averaging to about 44 murders per day. How is it in a society that knows it is morally wrong to kill a person that it still continues? I 've always wondered why this trend is ongoing and believe there is more to uncover about why the murderers…

In the play Richard the third by William Shakespeare a war has just finished, and two houses are entering a time of peace with one, and other. Yet Richard is strongly opposed to these times of peace that the end of the war has brought about due to his deformed physical nature, and his psychopathic tendencies Richard despises this time of peace, and he is determined to ruin it for everyone. Richard is quite brilliant with his manipulation of people without letting on the slightest clue as to what…