Almost a Psychopath

The darker side of human behavior.

by Ronald Schouten, M.D., J.D., and Jim Silver, J.D.

The Insanity Defense

Will advances in neuroscience and genetics resolve or complicate society's ongoing struggle with the insanity defense? Read More

What Every Organization (And Each of Us) Should Learn from Penn State

Time to move on from the Penn State scandal? Let's take time to learn from those mistakes. Read More

The mental health field is widely anticipating the publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), scheduled for May, 2013. The DSM, often considered the “Bible” of mental health disorders, is published by the American Psychiatric Association (“APA”), and creates a standard nomenclature for psychiatric disorders. Read More

Honesty in the C-Suite and Beyond

There has been a lot of talk recently about the business world being populated by psychopaths. While we think that these claims are exaggerated, that does not mean they are baseless. Read More

May: Psychopath Month

April may be the cruelest month, but May 2012 appears to be psychopathy month. Read More

Norwegian Mass Murderer Anders Breivik: I'm No Psychopath

When far right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik decided to protest what he calls the “Islamic colonization” of Norway by going on a bombing and shooting rampage last year, killing 77 people, many of them teenagers attending a youth summer camp, he says that he didn’t expect to survive his carefully planned attack. Read More

What We Have in Mind

Psychopaths. We can’t seem to get away from them. Set up an Internet search alert for the term and your email will come alive with links. Read More

Almost a Psychopath Bloggers

Ronald Schouten, M.D., J.D., is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and director of the Law & Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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