¿Quiénes somos?
Somos una coalición sin ánimo de lucro de investigadores, profesionales de la salud mental, supervivientes y familias afectadas por la psicopatía. Nuestra misión es ofrecer apoyo, compartir conocimientos y conectar a las personas afectadas por este trastorno.
Qué ofrecemos
Nuestra misión
Las secuelas: Sobrevivir a la Psicopatía se dedica a concienciar y reducir el impacto negativo de las personas con rasgos psicopáticos.
Nuestra visión
Imaginamos un futuro con menos daños derivados de la psicopatía, en el que una mayor concienciación conduzca a una mejor prevención, tratamiento y apoyo a las víctimas, las familias y las personas con rasgos psicopáticos.
¿Qué es la psicopatía?
La psicopatía es un trastorno de la personalidad caracterizado por un patrón de mentira, explotación de los demás, imprudencia, arrogancia, promiscuidad sexual, escaso autocontrol y falta de empatía hacia los demás. Los individuos con rasgos psicopáticos parecen carecer de emociones sociales (amor, empatía, culpa y remordimiento).
Blog
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Psychopathy and Violence Between Intimate Partners: What the Current Research Shows
Summary by Dr. Louise Wallace Background Intimate partner violence is a serious and complex problem, and research has long tried to identify factors that increase the risk of abuse within relationships. This paper focuses on psychopathy, which the authors describe as a personality structure that can involve interpersonal features such as manipulation, affective features such…
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Pregúntale a la experta: Dra. Eva Kimonis
We have recently added an Ask the Expert response from Dr. Eva Kimonis, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Kimonis discusses several interesting aspects of her research on psychopathic traits in youth, including how she got involved in psychopathy research, the ages at…
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Surviving Psychopathy, a Mini-Conference
We are hosting a mini-conference, Surviving Psychopathy, to celebrate our 20th anniversary. The conference will present knowledge about the impact of people with psychopathy on others and insights into factors that have helped people who were in relationships with psychopathic individuals. Speakers will include Dr. Adelle Forth who has conducted extensive research on the impact…
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Psychopathy, pain tolerance, and empathy for others in pain: A review
Summary by Dr. Beth Visser Research Highlights This paper describes a review of studies on the relationship between psychopathic traits, pain tolerance, and empathy for the pain of others. Several studies suggest the possibility that a higher level of pain tolerance and reduced empathy for the pain of others may contribute to the antisocial behavior…
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Researcher Studying the Lived Experiences of People who Have Experience with an Individual with Psychopathic Traits
The Mental Health, Wellbeing and Lived Experiences Study Theresia Bedard, a PhD candidate at Lakehead University who is working with Dr. Beth Visser, is seeking individuals to participate in her dissertation study. In this study we are examining the lived experiences of people who have experience or victimization from an individual with high psychopathic traits.…
Sobre Aftermath
Fundada en 2006 por el Dr. David Kosson, Aftermath: Sobrevivir a la Psicopatía comenzó como una colaboración entre investigadores, clínicos y supervivientes para apoyar a los afectados por la psicopatía. Con el apoyo de los Dres. Robert Hare y Paul Babiak, el sitio web se lanzó en 2008 como un espacio para la educación, la conexión y la curación.
¿Cómo puedo participar?
Si tienes tiempo y energía y deseas convertirte en voluntario de Aftermath, envía un correo electrónico al Dr. Kosson a aftermathfoundationhelp@gmail.com.
