Quem somos nós?
Somos uma coalizão sem fins lucrativos formada por pesquisadores, profissionais de saúde mental, sobreviventes e familiares afetados pela psicopatia. Nossa missão é oferecer apoio, compartilhar conhecimento e conectar as pessoas afetadas por esse transtorno.
O que oferecemos
Nossa missão
O livro “The Aftermath: Surviving Psychopathy” tem como objetivo conscientizar as pessoas e reduzir o impacto negativo causado por indivíduos com traços psicopáticos.
Nossa visão
Nossa visão é de um futuro com menos danos causados pela psicopatia — onde uma maior conscientização leve a uma melhor prevenção, tratamento e apoio às vítimas, às famílias e às pessoas com traços psicopáticos.
O que é psicopatia?
A psicopatia é um transtorno de personalidade caracterizado por um padrão de mentiras, exploração dos outros, imprudência, arrogância, promiscuidade sexual, baixo autocontrole e falta de empatia pelos outros. Pessoas com traços psicopáticos parecem não ter emoções sociais (amor, empatia, culpa e remorso).
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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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.…
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Aftermath Foundation Support Groups for Survivors of Psychopathy
In the spring of 2023, the Aftermath Foundation provided a support group for women who had survived abusive relationships with people with psychopathy, with the expectation of starting a support group for men in the future. The group was provided by Aftermath Foundation volunteers who were clinicians and graduate students. Based on the positive reactions…
Sobre o Aftermath
Fundado em 2006 pelo Dr. David Kosson, o Aftermath: Surviving Psychopathy começou como uma colaboração entre pesquisadores, profissionais da área clínica e sobreviventes para apoiar as pessoas afetadas pela psicopatia. Com o apoio dos Drs. Robert Hare e Paul Babiak, o site foi lançado em 2008 como um espaço de educação, conexão e cura.
Como posso participar?
Se você tiver tempo e disposição e quiser se tornar um voluntário do Aftermath, mande um e-mail para o Dr. Kosson no endereço aftermathfoundationhelp@gmail.com
