Who or what is a psychopath? Learn more about the concept of psychopathy, the use of the term "psychopath" and psychopathic personality disorder (vs antisocial personality disorder defined in DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR).
What is psychopathic personality disorder?
Individuals with psychopathic personality disorder tend to lack empathy for others or concern for the rights and feelings of others; however they may be able to act as though they do and can seem charming at times. It may overlap to some extent with the concepts of psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder and is not currently a personality disorder in the main text of the DSM-IV, though additional research and discussion is under way regarding its future and the treatment of psychopathy in DSM-V (DSM-5).
How does psychopathy and psychopathic personality disorder differ from the concept of antisocial personality disorder?
While psychopathy may include individuals with antisocial personality disorder; not everyone who could be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder under DSM-IV necessarily reaches the level of someone who displays a psychopathic personality disorder. There is a nice discussion of the history and relationship between psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder in: Personality Disorders: Toward the DSM-V
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