Is Psychopathic Disorder a Useful Clinical Concept? A Perspective from England and Wales
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
- Vol. 35 (2), 119-125
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624x9103500204
Abstract
This article describes briefly background material on personality disorders in general and the clinical condition of psychopathic disorder in particular. A selection of the main characteristics of psychopathic disorder are then described followed by some observations on etiology. The article concludes with a description of a survey of forensic/psychiatric professionals from whom opinion was sought regarding this phenomenon.Keywords
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