What are the symptoms of psychopathy?

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Disorganized Episodic Aggression: (psychopath-born)	Organized Sociopathic Hatred: (sociopath-made)
Ritualistic behavior	Superficial charm and "good" intelligence
Attempts to conceal mental instability	Absence of delusions and other signs of irrational behavior
Compulsivity	Absence of "nervousness" or psychoneurotic manifestations
Periodic search for help	unreliability
Severe memory disorders and an inability to tell the truth	untruthfulness and insincerity
Suicidal tendencies	lack of remorse or shame
History of committing assault	inadequately motivatedantisocial behavior
Hypersexuality and abnormal sexual behavior	poor judgment and failure to learn by experience
Head injuries; injuries suffered at birth	pathological egocentricity and incapacity for love
History of chronic drug or alcohol abuse	general poverty in major affective reactions
Parents with history of chronic drug or alcohol abuse	specific loss of insight
Victim of childhood physical or mental abuse	unresponsiveness in general interpersonal relations
Result of an unwanted pregnancy	fantastic and uninviting behavior with and sometimes without drink
Product of a difficult gestation for mother	suicide rarely carried out
Unhappiness in childhood resulted in inability to find happiness	sex life impersonal, trivial, and poorly integrated
Extraordinary cruelty to animals	failure to follow any life plan
Attraction to arson without homicidal interest
Symptoms of neurological impairment
Evidence of genetic disorder
Biochemical symptoms
Feelings of powerlessness and inadequacy

Antisocial Personality Disorder: Sense of entitlement; Unremorseful; Apathetic to others; Unconscionable behavior; Blameful of others; Manipulative and conning; Affectively cold; Disparate understanding; Socially irresponsible; Disregardful of obligations; Nonconforming to norms; Irresponsible.


Sociopath: Egocentricity; Callousness; Impulsivity; Conscience defect; Exaggerated sexuality; Excessive boasting; Risk taking; Inability to resist temptation; Antagonistic, deprecating attitude toward the opposite sex; Lack of interest in bonding with a mate


Psychopath: Glib and superficial charm; Grandiose sense of self-worth; Need for stimulation; Pathological lying; Conning and manipulativeness; Lack of remorse or guilt; Shallow affect; Callousness and lack of empathy; Parasitic lifestyle; Poor behavioral controls; Promiscuous sexual behavior; Early behavior problems; Lack of realistic, long-term goals; Impulsivity; Irresponsibility; Failure to accept responsibility for own actions; Many short-term marital relationships; Juvenile delinquency; Revocation of conditional release; Criminal versatility


The Psychopath has all the traits of "antisocial personality disorder" but not all antisocial personalities are psychopaths. Psychopaths may also have traits of the "sociopath"

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