10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSYCHOPATHIC DISORDER»
Discover the use of
psychopathic disorder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
psychopathic disorder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
International Handbook on
Psychopathic Disorders and the Law
A form of subtle but significant neurophysiological defect is manifested in
attention deficit hyperac- tivity disorder (ADHD), the course of which can affect the
development of a psychopathic disorder beyond symptoms limited to ADHD
alone.
Alan Felthous, Henning Sass, 2008
2
Psychopathy: Antisocial, Criminal, and Violent Behavior
A clause in the Mental Health Act 1983 states that on occasions psychopathic
disorder may be "untreatable," and therefore that individuals with this disorder
may be excluded from some of the benefits available to other patients. Now this ...
Theodore Millon, Erik Simonsen, Morten Birket-Smith, 2002
3
Challenges in Forensic Psychotherapy
Psychopathic disorder also lies at the heart of our therapeutic ambivalence to
mentally disordered offenders. Hence, it has been effectively used as an alibi to
avoid offering treatment even to the frankly mentally ill, or to those who are both ill
...
4
Personality
Disorder and Serious Offending: Hospital ...
Psychopathic disorder is thus a legal construct rather than a clinical entity and it
includes a behavioural component: 'abnormally aggressive or seriously
irresponsible conduct'. This phrase is not defined further in the MHA, although it
also ...
Christopher Newrith, Clive Meux, Pamela Taylor, 2006
5
The International Handbook of
Psychopathic Disorders and the ...
It is likely that in practice the assessment of responsibility for psychopathic
disorder will change, with experts having to take into account neurobiological
findings and a more detailed formulation of the individual's deficits. Nevertheless
...
Alan R. Felthous, Henning Saß, 2007
6
Forensic Psychology: Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions
Within legislation, personality disorder comes under the legal classification of '
psychopathic disorder', which is defined as 'a persistent disorder or disability of
the mind . . . which results in abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible ...
Graham M. Davies, Anthony R. Beech, 2012
7
Mental Health Review Tribunals: Law and Practice
Given this new state of affairs, the unanimous medical evidence before the
patient's tribunal was that he was not suffering from a psychopathic disorder. The
tribunal stated that the patient's condition included features of psychopathic
disorder, ...
8
Offenders, Deviants or Patients?
ÐÐ (1993) ``Current concepts and classi®cation in psychopathic disorder'', in P.
Tyrer and G. Stein (eds), Personality Disorder Reviewed, London: Gaskell. Cope,
R. (1993) ``A survey of forensic psychiatrists' views on psychopathic disorder'', ...
9
Diminished Responsibility: With Special Reference to Singapore
This category includes those individuals who are classified in the Mental Health
Act, 1 959 (England and Wales) as suffering from "Psychopathic Disorder". d) The
term "Psychopathic Disorder" was defined legally in the 1 32 Diminished ...
Lee Peng Kok, Molly Cheang, Kuan Tsee Chee, 1990
10
The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing: A Textbook of ...
In order to be liable to detention under the 1983 Act, a person must be suffering
from mental disorder within the meaning of the Act. Mental disorder is very
broadly defined as including 'mental illness, psychopathic disorder, arrested or ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSYCHOPATHIC DISORDER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
psychopathic disorder is used in the context of the following news items.
Can a Child Be a Psychopath?
But in real life, psychopathy is a much more nuanced behavioral disorder. A person who has psychopathic disorder (and antisocial personality disorder, ... «Newsweek, May 15»
