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Why psychopathy is more common than you think, with Abigail Marsh, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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Psychopathy Is Not an Official Diagnosis

Psychopathy is not an official diagnosis. In the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders writ exactly this is one of the many confusing things about it. The closest thing to psychopathy in the current esam m is a diagnosis in children, which is conduct disorder with limited pro social emotions. Now, if a child qualifies for that diagnosis, we still wouldn't call them a psychopath. We usually try to even avoid calling them psychopathic.

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