Written by Mary B. Ritchie and the Research Committee Youth who display callous-unemotional (CU) traits are characterized by a shallow and deficient emotion, lack of remorse or guilt, lack of empathy, and a lack of concern about performance in important activities. CU traits have been associated with early, severe, and persistent aggressive behavior, as well … Read more
Through your generosity, the Aftermath Foundation has raised $11, 602 to build the online courses for which we launched the Kickstarter campaign. We can now proceed with our plan to develop training programs to help people learn more about psychopathy in order to protect themselves, and to help therapists be more effective at reaching and counseling survivors of relationships with psychopathic partners. More information about the … Read more
Psychopathy and the Induction of Desire by Kristopher Brazil Personal accounts of people who have been in relationships with psychopathic individuals have suggested that the psychopathic partner was charming, relaxed, confident, and exciting upon their first few interactions, only to have this positive impression wear off with time. A recent study in Evolutionary Psychological Science … Read more
At this time of year, Giving Tuesday, we hope you will consider the Aftermath Foundation among the good causes you support. If you have yourself had contact with a psychopathic partner or colleague or family member, you already know how much psychopathic people can hurt those around them. You know the harm is real and … Read more
The Aftermath Foundation has launched a Kickstarter campaign called “Helping Therapists to Help Survivors of Psychopathy” in order to raise $10 ,000 to allow us to create two online courses. The first course is designed to educate everyone about the nature of psychopathy and the impact of people with psychopathic traits on others. This course … Read more
Written by Sandra Michels and the Research Committee According to researchers Mahmut and Stevenson (2012) there is evidence to suggest that psychopathy may involve the dysfunction of specific areas of the frontal lobe of the brain, including the orbital frontal cortex (OFC) instead of a general frontal lobe deficit. It is thought that individuals higher … Read more
