psychopathy
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Geraint Anderson, a former London banker-turned author, said he was assessed by a clinical psychologist who told him he may have had "situational psychopathy" in order to succeed in the cut-throat corporate world.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
There is no treatment available for psychopathy, as "psychopaths often believe that there's nothing wrong with them".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
In one 2022 study, researchers explored whether increasing agreeableness would decrease levels of what is called the dark triad — or Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The study was published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research under the title "Larger striatal volume is associated with increased adult psychopathy."
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
This is a subject which can hardly be touched in passing: yet the opinion may be recorded that it belongs rather to the science of psychopathy than to the chronicle of vulgar lusts.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds
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