How to spot a Psychopath

Beckiboo

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Very interesting article from the guardian:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/21/jon-ronson-how-to-spot-a-psychopath

I know a few people with a lot of these traits, that's worrying :lol:

Item 1 Glibness/superficial charm
Item 2 Grandiose sense of self-worth
Item 3 Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
Item 4 Pathological lying
Item 5 Cunning/manipulative
Item 6 Lack of remorse or guilt
Item 7 Shallow affect
Item 8 Callous/lack of empathy
Item 9 Parasitic lifestyle
Item 10 Poor behavioural controls
Item 11 Promiscuous sexual behaviour
Item 12 Early behaviour problems
Item 13 Lack of realistic long-term goals
Item 14 Impulsivity
Item 15 Irresponsibility
Item 16 Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
Item 17 Many short-term marital relationships
Item 18 Juvenile delinquency
Item 19 Revocation of conditional release
Item 20 Criminal versatility
 
It was a very good article.

DJ dont worry, you need to score over 30 or 40 from memory, applying a 0 - 1 - 2 scale to them all to 'qualify'.
 
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