Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths among Us

Psychopaths among Us

Introduction

Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths among Us is a work that portrays personality disorders linked to the realm of psychopaths. As a professor of Psychology, Hares has constructed this book based upon thirty years of indulgent analysis and practice and therefore, holds a mass magnitude of importance for clinicians, students of psychology and the regular readers alike.

The fundamental subject matter and literature of Without Conscience is to shed light on the disorders associated with a psychopathic personality. It highlights the major decisive conduct, demeanor and behaviors of such individuals using adequate and authentic references, real life scenarios, circumstances and much more. Given the vast expertise of the author in the field of Psychopathy, the main focus of this book has been to constitute an identification structure for the psychopathic personality. Perhaps this is why Hare's has used a direct and easily coherent approach throughout the text. With over three decades of constant research and analysis, Hares has been able to award his field with the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL) that is undoubtedly a commendable encroachment in the study towards understanding psychopathic behavior. This is perhaps the reason why Without Conscience is not bombarded by a plethora of references rather revolves around Hares own approach and comprehension of psychopaths.

Psychopaths and Their Personality Traits

Perhaps the most refreshing and alluring aspect of the book relates to how a host of individual personalities-each scoring high on the PCL (Psychopathy Checklist) have been described. The descriptions have been presented in an artfully realistic interconnection, leading students and readers to involuntarily seek out the common personality traits and disorders amongst such personalities. The dispositions, singularity of such personalities and the associated features so mentioned in the book have been analyzed by making use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental Disorders (DSM). The DSM IV codes related to these traits have also been mentioned.

Social Divergence: Impulsive

DSM Classification Code: 314.01

Under DSM IV classification, the code mentioned refers to Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) which relates to three behavioral issues that are of alarming criticality when checking for personality disorders associated to psychopaths. These problems are namely coupled with hyperactivity, impulsive behavior or problems with attention or the lack of adequate attention. Difficulties relating to educational or theoretical fronts are common. Psychopathic personalities pertaining to this disorder are victims of anxiety attacks. Studies indicates that in children whose parents or care keepers suffer from ADHD disorder, the percentile probability of being diagnosed with the same rises to as high 20 to 80%. The ADHD disorder, therefore, may affirmatively be genetically transferred with the chances rising even more in case of general psychiatric conditions in the parents. In actual this conforms to the DSM IV alteration from its previous version, subtly implying of a possibility of psychopaths being born and not made.

Quite obviously, the ADHD personality among psychopaths is contributed to a bio-behavioral malady that evinces and evolves in ...