As an expert on personality disorders, people often ask me about psychopathy. It seems everybody has had an ex, a boss, a ...

Used carefully, psychopathy research can help the law make better decisions. Used carelessly, it can turn a contested ...

The idea that one percent of the human population are psychopaths is both intriguing and unsettling. If true, it means that for every 100 people you pass on the street, one of them might have a ...

Psychopathy has long been associated with murderers, notorious criminals, and the gripping true crime stories that dominate Netflix documentaries. But our recent research is showing they have a ...

We have an unhealthy obsession with psychopaths. We tune into true crime shows, podcasts, and movies, and say that we want to understand them, to get into their heads and figure out their malicious ...

If someone asked you to imagine a psychopath, who would you picture? Many of us might conjure an image of a violent criminal who will do anything without remorse to get what they want. After all, ...

It may come as a surprise to some that being a psychopath — someone who is diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) — doesn’t necessarily equate to being evil. Rather, it signifies a lack ...

We all know kids can be a bit wild at times, but would you ever think that a child could be classified as a psychopath? The New York Times Magazine recently discussed this issue in an article titled ...

In 1885, an English psychiatrist published the case of a man called W.B., who had spent much of his life cycling through jail and asylums. W.B. was “a quiet and useful man,” the doctor wrote in The ...

If someone asked you to imagine a psychopath, who would you picture? Many of us might conjure an image of a violent criminal who will do anything without remorse to get what they want. After all, ...