Remarkably little is known about the extent to which psychopathic individuals are aware of their condition (have insight). There are cases in which psychopathic individuals have reported that they are psychopathic or sociopathic and have even rattled off a list of core features of psychopathy. However, classical clinical descriptions of psychopathic individuals emphasize their lack … Read more
We caught up with Dr. Hare in Montreal at the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy meetings in May, 2011. This is what he had to say about our work:
Dr. RJR Blair from the Unit on Affective Cognitive Neuroscience, Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health states, “To understand a psychiatric disorder we need to know why the pathology causes the behavioural disturbance, the neural structures implicated in the pathology and the cause of the dysfunction in the neural structures.” Read the … Read more
The Aftermath: Surviving Psychopathy Foundation invites proposals for research projects examining the impact of psychopathy on other people. One of our chief goals is to support research that aims to prevent, understand or treat this disorder and research that aims to understand and treat the aftermath of psychopathy, with a special focus on the negative … Read more
In recent research, Dr. Christine Kirkman of the Health & Social Studies Department at the University of Bolton in the UK, interviewed 20 women who had been in relationships with psychopathic men. This article describes the men and the type of abuse women partners and their children often face. The women sustained all manner of … Read more
Watch more on Film Annex The movie coming out [OR being released] late in 2011 will be featured at various film festivals. It will also be available as a DVD and on the internet; for more info, visit http://www.fisheadmovie.com/ This documentary contains interviews of Aftermath: Surviving Psychopathy Foundation Board members Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. … Read more
