The term "psychopath" refers to someone who does not follow the moral norms of their society and lacks empathy and remorse.

The term often evokes a mental image of a ruthless criminal or a serial killer. It’s a reasonable stereotype. Between one quarter and one third of convicted murderers are psychopaths, along with ...

Not all psychopaths are created equal. In America, about 1.2% of adult men and 0.3% to 0.7% of adult women are considered to have clinically significant levels of psychopathic traits, according to the ...

According to author Kevin Dutton, psychopaths have a distinct set of personality characteristics. Pictured is Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho. Photo by: Mary Evans / UNIVERSAL PICTURES / ...

An intimate relationship between two people who are each incapable of true emotions may seem completely out of the realm of possibility. When one partner is a psychopath and the other is not, there ...

If I asked you to picture a psychopath, what kind of character might spring to your mind? Thanks to Hollywood, we may imagine them to be “American Psycho”’s (1992) blood-soaked Christian Bale revving ...

Think of a psychopath and any number of Hollywood villains might come to mind, from charming killers like Hannibal Lecter to Anton Chigurh, portrayed with chilling menace by Javier Bardem in the film ...

M.E. Thomas is an attorney, author, and psychopath. She thinks psychopathy helped her to be a better lawyer and not be affected by gendered expectations. She has two pieces of career advice for ...