PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Clifford Olson, Paul Bernardo, Antisocial Personality Disorder
2 Apr 2018
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Psychopathy & serial killers: most serial killers are psychopaths, but most psychopaths are not serial killers, serial killers often described as psychopathic (ex. Ken bianchi, paul bernardo: most killers are not psychopaths, *base rates, psychopaths as serial killers: 90, psychopaths in the general population: 1, psychopaths in the prison populations: 10-25% (provincial/federal prison, psychopaths as killers of police officers: 44% What is psychopathy: a personality disorder characterized by, an arrogant & deceitful interpersonal style (cluster 1, deficient affective experiences (cluster 2, impulsive & irresponsible behaviours (cluster 3, early onset & diverse antisocial behaviours (cluster 3) How is psychopathy measured: psychopathy: assessment issues, psychopathic traits, in my clinical opinion based on experience & impressions, self-report inventories mmpi, mcmi, ppi, problems: narcissism, lying & lack of insight into own behaviour. Psyc2400 april 2, 2018: dsm-iv criteria for antisocial personality disorder (apd, current age at least 18, conduct disordered by age 15, adult criteria (3 of 7 symptoms)
