Psychopathy : its uses, validity and status / Luca Malatesti, John McMillan, Predrag Šustar, editors.
Malatesti, Luca, editor.; McMillan, John, 1968- editor.; Šustar, Predrag, 1970- editor.
2022
RC555 .P89 2022
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Title Psychopathy : its uses, validity and status / Luca Malatesti, John McMillan, Predrag Šustar, editors.
ISBN 9783030824549 (electronic bk.)
3030824543 (electronic bk.)
9783030824532
3030824535
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82454-9
Published Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-82454-9 doi
Call Number RC555 .P89 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.85/82
Summary This book explains the ethical and conceptual tensions in the use of psychopathy in different countries, including America, Canada, the UK, Croatia, Australia, and New Zealand. It offers an extensive critical analysis of how psychopathy functions within institutional and social contexts. Inside, readers will find innovative interdisciplinary analysis, written by leading international experts. The chapters explore how different countries have used this diagnosis. A central concern is whether psychopathy is a mental disorder, and this has a bearing upon whether it should be used. The books case studies will help readers understand the problems associated with psychopathy. Academics and students working in the philosophy of psychiatry, bioethics, and moral psychology will find it a valuable resource. In addition, it will also appeal to mental health professionals working in forensic settings, psychologists with an interest in the ethical implications of the use of psychopathy as a construct and particularly those with a research interest in it.
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Added Author Malatesti, Luca, editor.
McMillan, John, 1968- editor.
Šustar, Predrag, 1970- editor.
Series History, philosophy and theory of the life sciences ; v. 27.
Available in Other Form Psychopathy.
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Introduction to the Volume
Part I: Diagnosing Psychopathy. Practices, Case Studies, and Practical Concerns
Chapter 1. Introductory Chapter
Chapter 2. What it means to be Diagnosed as a Psychopath
Chapter 3. The uses of the Construct of Psychopathy in the USA
Chapter 4. The uses of the Construct of Psychopathy in UK
Chapter 5. Antisocial Personality Disorders and Preventive Sentencing in New Zealand
Chapter 6. The use of the Notion of Psychopathy within the Legal and Treatment Practice in Croatia
Part II: The Plausibility of the Construct and the Validity of Psychopathy: Psychometric and Philosophical Issues
Chapter 7
Introductory Chapter
Chapter 8. Psychopathy as a Scientific kind: Epistemic Usefulness, Metaphysical Underpinnings, and kind Construction
Chapter 9. Capturing the Complexity of Psychopathic Personality Disorder: Recent Developments in the Assessment of the Disorder
Chapter 10. The State of the Art of Neuropsychological Studies of Psychopathy
Chapter 11. Psychopathy: Neuro-Hype and its Consequences
Chapter 12. Psychopathy and the Issue of Existence
Part III: Is Psychopathy a Mental Illness?
Chapter 13. The Illness Status of Psychopathy: Between Biological Functions and Norms
Chapter 14. The Medicalisation of Psychopathy
Chapetr 15. Sameness in Darkness: Gender and Psychopathy
Chapter 16. Psychopathy and Societal Values
Chapter 17. Psychopathy and Public Values
Conclusion of the Volume.

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