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Book review!!!!

The Psychopath Whisperer by Kent Kiehl

This book is absolutely incredible!

Dr Kent Kiehl takes you on a journey of psychopathy from its definition to the behaviour that psychopaths have. Each chapter is dedicated to a different aspect of a psychopath such as neurological differences and assessments. Using real life cases that he's seen throughout his career he shows us readers how different psychopaths can be.

I was worried when I first starting reading that I would get confused halfway through and have to stop reading but I found that it was actually an easy read. The scientific side is explained extremely well and is easy to follow so you don't need to be a scientist to understand.

This book is extremely enlightening and I'd recommend to anyone who has an interest in psychology or neuroscience.

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[loveandknowledge]

We have a fairly good idea of what an adult psychopathic brain looks like, thanks in part to [Kent] Kiehl's [a psychologist at the University of New Mexico and the author of The Psychopath Whisperer] work. He has scanned the brains of hundreds of inmates at maximum-security prisons and chronicled the neural differences between average violent convicts and psychopaths. Broadly speaking, Kiehl and others believe that the psychopathic brain has at least two neural abnormalities—and that these same differences likely also occur in the brains of callous children.  

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In particular, experts point to the amygdala—a part of the limbic system—as a physiological culprit for coldhearted or violent behavior. Someone with an undersize or underactive amygdala may not be able to feel empathy or refrain from violence. For example, many psychopathic adults and callous children do not recognize fear or distress in other people’s faces. Essi Viding, a professor of developmental psychopathology at University College London recalls showing one psychopathic prisoner a series of faces with different expressions. When the prisoner came to a fearful face, he said, “I don’t know what you call this emotion, but it’s what people look like just before you stab them.”  

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The second hallmark of a psychopathic brain is an overactive reward system especially primed for drugs, sex, or anything else that delivers a ping of excitement. In one study, children played a computer gambling game programmed to allow them to win early on and then slowly begin to lose. Most people will cut their losses at some point, Kent Kiehl notes, “whereas the psychopathic, callous unemotional kids keep going until they lose everything.” Their brakes don’t work, he says.  

Faulty brakes may help explain why psychopaths commit brutal crimes: Their brains ignore cues about danger or punishment. “There are all these decisions we make based on threat, or the fear that something bad can happen,” says Dustin Pardini, a clinical psychologist and an associate professor of criminology at Arizona State University. “If you have less concern about the negative consequences of your actions, then you’ll be more likely to continue engaging in these behaviors. And when you get caught, you’ll be less likely to learn from your mistakes.”  

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This insight is driving a new wave of treatment. What’s a clinician to do if the emotional, empathetic part of a child’s brain is broken but the reward part of the brain is humming along? “You co-opt the system,” Kiehl says. “You work with what’s left.”

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Forming attachments with callous kids is important, but it’s not Mendota's [Juvenile Treatment Center, a pathology treatment center operating within the Department of Health Services] singular insight. The center’s real breakthrough involves deploying the anomalies of the psychopathic brain to one’s advantage—specifically, downplaying punishment and dangling rewards. These boys have been expelled from school, placed in group homes, arrested, and jailed. If punishment were going to rein them in, it would have by now. But their brains do respond, enthusiastically, to rewards. At Mendota, the boys can accumulate points to join ever more prestigious “clubs” (Club 19, Club 23, the VIP Club). As they ascend in status, they earn privileges and treats—candy bars, baseball cards, pizza on Saturdays, the chance to play Xbox or stay up late. Hitting someone, throwing urine, or cussing out the staff costs a boy points—but not for long, since callous and unemotional kids aren’t generally deterred by punishment.

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The question they are trying to answer now is this: Can Mendota’s treatment program not only change the behavior of these teens, but measurably reshape their brains as well? Researchers are optimistic, in part because the decision-making part of the brain continues to evolve into one’s mid‑20s. The program is like neural weight lifting, Kent Kiehl, at the University of New Mexico, says. “If you exercise this limbic-related circuitry, it’s going to get better.”

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No one believes that Mendota graduates will develop true empathy or a heartfelt moral conscience. “They may not go from the Joker in The Dark Knight to Mister Rogers,” [Michael] Caldwell [a psychologist] tells me, laughing. But they can develop a cognitive moral conscience, an intellectual awareness that life will be more rewarding if they play by the rules. “We’re just happy if they stay on this side of the law,” Van Rybroek says. “In our world, that’s huge.”

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Watching them in the darkened room, I contemplate for the hundredth time the arbitrary nature of good and evil. If Samantha’s brain is wired for callousness, if she fails to experience empathy or remorse because she lacks the neural equipment, can we say she is evil? “These kids can’t help it,” Adrian Raine [a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania] says. “Kids don’t grow up wanting to be psychopaths or serial killers. They grow up wanting to become baseball players or great football stars. It’s not a choice.”

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Danny says they’re praying for the triumph of self-interest over impulse. “Our hope is that she is able to have a cognitive understanding that ‘Even though my thinking is different, my behavior needs to walk down this path so that I can enjoy the good things that I want.’ ” Because she was diagnosed relatively early, they hope that Samantha’s young, still-developing brain can be rewired for some measure of cognitive morality. And having parents like Jen and Danny could make a difference; research suggests that warm and responsive parenting can help children become less callous as they get older.

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[missmentelle]

Hi! Do you have any book recommendations about psychology/therapy for non-therapists that are just interested in these kind of subjects?

I do, in fact! 

Here are some of my favourites, with links to their Goodreads pages. Please keep in mind that they cover some extremely intense topics: Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness (Pete Earley) - this is easily one of the best books I’ve read about the abysmal state of the American mental health system, and the history of how we got here. The author, an investigative journalist, tells the story of the American healthcare system through the lens of a more personal story - that of his son, who was arrested on felony charges after breaking into a neighbour’s home during a manic episode, only for the family to discover that they had very few legal options available to help their child. 

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook (Bruce D. Perry) - an extremely honest (and very disturbing) collection of real-life stories of deeply traumatized children who were treated by Dr. Perry, one of the first child psychiatrists to recognize the role that poverty and trauma have on brain development. Each case is accompanied by an explanation of the neurology and science of the trauma behind it, and how that science contributed to the ultimate outcome of the case. 

Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kayson) - this book is pretty much the “OG” of mental health memoirs. It gives a very honest look into the two years the author spent in a psychiatric institution as a teenager, from 1967 to 1969, receiving treatment for borderline personality disorder. (if the title of this book seems familiar, it’s probably because it was made into a hit movie in 1999).

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (Oliver Sacks) - if you study the field of psychology, you will eventually read an Oliver Sacks book. It’s a given. Dr. Sacks was a neurologist who treated people with a wide variety of brain injuries and neurological conditions - he compiled several books about his most unusual cases, but this one is probably the most famous. 

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Kay Redfield Jamison) - probably one of the most interesting memoirs you’ll ever read about living with bipolar disorder. The author was a highly successful clinical psychologist when she developed bipolar disorder, and realized that even her advanced knowledge of the disorder was no match for her own brain telling her that nothing was wrong. The book details her attempts to understand and manage her disorder as she returns to her highly successful career. 

The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls) - not a scientific book about mental illness, but a beautifully-written memoir about a life lived in the shadow of it. Walls tells the story of her childhood, growing up in a wildly dysfunctional and semi-nomadic family. She details her complicated relationship with her (likely) mentally ill parents who taught her to see the beauty in the world, but were unable to provide the kind of safety and stability that she needed. This was also made into a movie in 2017. 

Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel) - another “classic” (and somewhat controversial) mental health memoir. The author gives an extremely frank and honest look into her struggle with atypical depression as a young woman living in New York City and attending Harvard University in the 1970s. Her book was turned into a movie in 2001. You may have seen this book mentioned in the news lately, as the author recently passed away from cancer. 

Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men (Lundy Bancroft) - if you spend enough time on relationship blogs and subreddits, you’ll see a recommendation for this book eventually. Written by a man with decades of experience running treatment programs for abusers, this book offers a detailed explanation of the patterns, tactics and behaviours seen in men who abuse their partners, as well as the rationale driving those behaviours. 

The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience (Kent Kiehl) - one of my personal favourites as someone who concentrated in forensic psychology. This book takes a scientific look at the construct of “psychopaths”, explaining the neurology and scientific studies behind the condition, and dispelling popular myths about what a psychopath actually is (hint: it’s not at all like the movies). 

The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime (Adrian Raine) - another favourite book from my time in grad school. This one is on the denser side, but still accessible to a layperson - it outlines some of the science and biology that underpins violent crime, and explores the reasons that some people grow up to do horrific things, and others just don’t. 

Hope this answers your question! Happy reading! MM

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[harringrovelove]

Tagged by @lymricks the total brilliant sweetheart! 

Fav color: green, but also sometimes blue. Basically, think of the colors of Olympic Peninsula in WA state where I live

last song: flagpole pitta by Elohim (great cover)

last movie: LotR The Two Towers

watching: honestly, not much. Last month I watched The Queen’s Gambit (amazing), but most often I watch my comedy podcasts I love on YouTube, like Bad Friends and Your Mom’s House. hilarious

reading: just finished The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson, and almost done with The Psychopath Whisperer by Kent Kiehl (can you see a trend lol)

sweet, spicy or savory: I alternate constantly between salty and sweet

tea or coffee: used to be just coffee, but I love both these days

favorite drink: like my girl Lym, I am alllll about that Polar Seltzer- cranberry lime is my favorite. Also, I am a sucker for watermelon Red Bull 

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[mlm-writer]

Is Homelander a Psychopath?

Even the fandom page calls Homelander sociopathic (mostly synonymous with psychopathic in the medical sense), but is he really? In this way too long meta-post I use the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised to put Homelander’s psychopathy score on a scale from 0 to 40. Welcome to my TedTalk.  

Disclaimer

I am not authorised to diagnose anyone with anything. I am not a professional. See the end of the post for my sources on psychopathy. My main source is the book The Psychopath Whisperer by Dr Kent Kiehl. Also this is how I see Homelander based on the show The Boys, so I do not take the comics into account. Lastly, the fandom page also uses the word ‘psychotic’, which refers to psychosis, not psychopathy.

Glibness/superficial charm 

Ok yes, definitely. Homelander knows how to entertain a crowd. His whole persona is based on nationalism. He has that charming smile down, has this ‘you are the real heroes’ thing going on. Superficial charm is a big check in the present and given that Homelander apparently has been doing it for years, I say it was in the past also a big check. Psychopaths also tend to talk so much that people can not deeply analyse all that they say and then only remember the ‘good points’ the psychopath made. Homelander does this well in interview scenes and you often see him interrupting other people. On a three-point scale from 0 to 2, I’d give him 2 points. 

Grandiose sense of self-worth

Also called narcissism and it is so obvious in Homelander. The thing is that narcissists usually don’t think they are the best, but they feel like they deserve to be treated like they are the best. Actually, narcissists commonly base their entire self-worth on the feedback they get from other people. Without that they get aggressive and start blaming others for their own short-comings. Sounds familiar? The big question is if this had been the case for Homelander’s entire life. His narcissistic behaviour could’ve developed under the limelight. Still he deserves 2 points.  

Need for stimulation 

This is where I start to question Homelander being a psychopath. Psychopaths are very prone to boredom, so they usually cannot keep one job for long. They tend to travel around. Homelander has worked for Vought for years and it is not that much of an exciting job. It involves a lot of interviews that all seems similar. Photoshoots are not exactly peak entertainment either. Reshooting scenes for his movies? Psychopaths with this trait also tend to do drugs and drink a lot to get that stimulation, but Homelander is seen drinking champagne at a social gathering and a whiskey or two in front of the TV at most as far as I can remember. He really scores 0 on this part. 

Pathological lying

Yes, Homelander lies a lot, but it is not pathological. Pathological liars will lie for no reason at all and are unfazed when they are caught in a lie. Homelander can go to extreme measures to keep his lies standing. His whole good guy act is a lie, but he protects it. Not only is he trying to protect his lies, but he also lies with reason. Pathological liars will lie about things that can be fact-checked with a single Google search. Homelander is not like that. He scores once again 0. 

Manipulation 

And back to classic psychopathic behaviour, the manipulation. Not to be weird, but Homelander does it so well. He got the population wrapped around his red-gloved fingers. He knows where to push people. He plays into people’s weaknesses and desire. How to get control of his floor? Simple, recommend to hire someone he can control. Those meetings starting from season one? Perfect for his manipulative mind-games, establish control. The way he played Ryan? Genius! Homelander’s ability to manipulate people is honestly impressive, 2 points. 

Lack of Remorse or Guilt

I think this is one of the iconic Homelander traits. How he could just let a plane full of people die? How he could just murder people? The lack of any remorse for killing that innocent person when he stopped that ‘terrorist’? Iconic. I don’t recommend it, but wow it is such a good trait for his character. I just wonder if this is a recent trait or something he already had. It is also possible that he got a lot of collateral damage from the start and got desensitised to it over time. Madelyn Stillwell loved to say ‘we fix it’ and ‘I’m just trying to protect you’. Imagine accidentally killing people over time and everyone around you keeps telling you ‘oh it’s no big deal’, at some point you might just believe it. Giving him a 2 for this, but I also think Vought is to blame. 

Shallow Affect 

Basically psychopaths generally don’t give a fuck. Whereas normal inmates tend to feel depressed when they start their prison life, psychopaths are completely indifferent. They often see it as a mild inconvenience at best. Psychopaths don’t care. Homelander, on the other hand, may not care about people, but he really cares about some things. He cares deeply about his reputation to the point he would ask for help from Stormfront. Knowing how prideful Homelander is, him asking for help is big. When he found out Stormfront lied? He cared a lot. He cares about ‘owning’ Maeve enough that he would go out of his way to kill someone. And Ryan? Oh Ryan… Homelander did not care about Ryan, but he really cared about having someone on his level. Homelander is a very lonely boy and he cares a lot about not being lonely. Not really shallow if you ask me. 0 points. 

Lack of Empathy 

This is oddly enough questionable in Homelander. Like I said before, he could kill without remorse. He could manipulate without guilt. BUT he understands people. The full-on, full-point psychopath does not understand that a mother would worry about her child when they are out late. Homelander does understand how people feel. How else would he keep his public opinion high? He could understand why people feel fear or pride or love. That requires a certain level of empathy. Becca’s threat: “I will kill myself in front of Ryan and tell him your father did this to me.” Someone without empathy could not see how that would affect Ryan. Homelander understood what that would do to Ryan and he understood that complying would increase his chances with his son. Someone without empathy would never understand that. He also could tell when Ryan was uncomfortable. He could give Ryan space when he thought Ryan needed it. He told Ryan a personal story when he thought that his personal experience was similar to Ryan’s. I don’t know if the story is true, but the fact that he could play into Ryan’s feelings like that shows empathy.  Homelander is not empathetic, but he also has no complete lack of it, 1 point. 

Parasitic Lifestyle

Psychopaths often ‘burrow’ money, life off others, don’t keep jobs and don’t buy their own things. They leech off others, because they couldn’t be bothered to obtain things themselves. I don’t really see this in Homelander. He takes a lot of initiative. That whole creating super-terrorists? That was a lot of effort and he was the leader of that operation. Sure he let others do the hard work, but he still planned it all out FOR MADELYN. It was no personal gain thing. Homelander scores 0 on this if you ask me. 

Poor Behavioural Controls

I want to say yes, but that one scene with the crowd where he thought of lasering them all down, but didn’t? That’s behavioural control. You often see him wanting to hit someone and then stop himself. A psychopath would just lash out, because they can’t think of the consequences. Homelander can think of the consequences and keeps himself in check, because of what might happen when he goes through with his impulses. He showed control when he wanted to kill Starlight where she stood, but then he didn’t. Homelander does lash out at times, but his eyes glow and yet he doesn’t laser someone to death. That’s self-control. Still, I am giving him one point for throwing bratty tantrums like a toddler. 

Promiscuous Sexual Behaviour

Ok his kinks were weird, but while Madelyn was alive, he did not seem to have sex with anyone else. Some goes with Stormfront. He always has one bed partner. What he gets up to with them is not my problem, but important to note is that he shows loyalty to one person. 0 points. 

Lack of Realistic Long-Term Goals

Ok his long-term goals are fucked up, but he does have them. Creating super-terrorists was such a fucking long project. He could see himself in Stormfront’s ideal of a super-army. He planned how to get Ryan from the start. Homelander does more planning than me. Whether his goals were realistic… Well… He succeeded in two of the three things and definitely had the tools for the super-army. So I say they were realistic for him, 0 points. 

Impulsivity 

Yes and no. He sometimes acts on impulse, but like I said he shows self-control and the ability to plan. However, he does not always think things completely through like that speech at the expo or taking down that plane after that dude found out about compound V. Almost drowning Hughie in front of other people? Impulsive. Going to that rally? Impulsive too. I give him one point on this one. 

Irresponsibility 

Seeing Homelander with his son, yes he can be responsible. He doesn’t leave Ryan somewhere unsupervised. He also tried to protect and help Madelyn. He shows a sense of responsibility towards being the face of Vought and towards being ‘Madelyn’s golden boy’. He does not take responsibility for everything he should, but he shows that he is not completely incapable of taking responsibility, one point. 

Failure to accept responsibility 

Not sure how this exactly differs from the previous one, but as far as i can tell, the previous one is a general feeling of responsibility and this refers to individual actions. Homelander does have a general feeling of responsibility, but when things go south, he does not take any responsibility. Becca was not his fault, he just raped her. That plane going down was not his fault, even though he fried the controls. That innocent person in the video dying was not his fault either. Blah blah blah. According to him, it’s never his fault, but those of the people that are in the way or those that ‘test him’, two points. 

Many Short-term Marital Relationships 

Nope, not Homelander. He is said to have had a relationship with Maeve and later he is with Stormfront. He also had this weird thing going on with Madelyn, BUT he never married any of them. Psychopaths have the tendency to just marry someone out of impulse. Homelander is even picky about who he fucks, 0 points. 

Criminal Versatility

Human trafficking, homicide, mass murder, feeding the population lies, assault, rape, supplying terrorists of compound V, yeah I’d say he is pretty versatile, 2 points. 

Conclusion

Due to lack of information or it simply not being applicable to Homelander, I omitted 3 factors (juvenile delinquency, early behavioural problems and revocation of conditional release). I did some reverse math on how omitted scores were handled in The Psychopath Whisperer and I came up with the following formula: score * (1 + amount of omitted items * 0.04) and then rounded up to one decimal point. This gives Homelander a score of 18.0. The cut-off for psychopathy is a score of 30 in the US and 25 in the UK. The average citizen scores around 5, while the average criminal scores around 22. So as unhinged as this bastard is, Homelander is per my analysis not a psychopath. He is just a cunt. Thanks for reading this. 

Sources

Kiehl, K. A. (2015). The Psychopath Whisperer (1st edition). London, Great Britain: Oneworld Publications.

Neumann, C. S., & Hare, R. D. (2008). Psychopathic traits in a large community sample: Links to violence, alcohol use, and intelligence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76(5), 893–899. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006x.76.5.893

Kiehl, K. A. (2006). A cognitive neuroscience perspective on psychopathy: Evidence for paralimbic system dysfunction. Psychiatry Research, 142(2–3), 107–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2005.09.013

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[hgbeverly]

Richard Parker Is Not Your Friend: Chapter 4

Richard Parker Is Not Your Friend: Chapter 4

Here and on Lovefraud.com, I’ve published chapters of a new book that shares my healing journey after leaving a sociopath/psychopath. I talk about things like co-parenting , failed support systems, and how I ultimately recovered peace and happiness despite all obstacles.

Here’s Chapter 4:

Research expert Kent Kiehl has contributed enormously to the field of psychopathy. He says that every adult…

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Favorite Colour

Judging from what I wear most, I should probably say black but right now I really like yellow, I don’t know.

Lipstick or Chapstick?

Neither. I hate the feeling of having something on my lips. The slightest bit of lip tint if I’m feeling experimental but I prefer nothing on there.

Last song I listened to?

I’m listening to “Ein Hauch von Frühling” by Wolfgang Müller right now. It’s melancholic and great.

Last movie I watched?

The lost boys. I ordered the DVD after I saw a post on this here on Tumblr. Great 80s movie.

Top 3 TV Shows?

That’s a really hard one because I love so many shows. Judging by what I’m obsessed with right now, I have to say Stranger Things, Hannibal and Westworld.

Top 3 Bands/Artists?

Again a tough one... The Velvet Underground, AnnenMayKantereit, and The Cure. But it changes a lot.

Books I’m Currently Reading?

I’m always reading a lot at the same time. Right now mainly Glas by Steven King, The Psychopath Whisperer by Kent Kiehls, and The Anatomy of Story by John Truby.

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[thefreelanceangel]

Have you read the psychopath test by Jon Ronson? If you have, what did you think?

I do have a copy of The Psychopath Test actually. On my shelf, right by the other specialty books. 

And it was an interesting read, but definitely nothing I would recommend for anyone who wanted scientific information on psychopathy. If anything, it’s a clear warning flag against the dangers of trying to use tidbits of information gleaned from the media as some sort of diagnostic tool. 

I enjoyed reading it, but I very nearly put it with my fiction instead of my non-fiction. There’s a lot of focus on the author’s perspective instead of objective discussion, so it doesn’t count (in my opinion) as a legitimate source of information regarding psychopathy.

Although I did agree with some of his observations and conclusions, I would recommend anything by Dr. Kent Kiehl or Dr. Robert Hare for actual information and this as a primer-introduction to how people can take a little information and let it color their perspective. {I mean he was (amusingly) ready to label everyone a psychopath based on one or two traits. And I know some people actually do that in earnest.}

So I’d say 7/10 –interesting read, enjoyable, sometimes a bit quick and rough in the transitions, but better as a ‘foot in the door’ book than a source of legitimate information.

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[thewoollykraken]

Cozy knits, cozy tea...not so cozy reads! Any other bibliophilic yarnies out there? What's everyone reading? Current read: The Psychopath Whisperer by Kent Kiehl

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[cracked]

"Psychopath" is the "literally" of mental illnesses, a phrase that's tossed around frequently, but rarely used correctly. It's become our catch-all for "dangerously crazy." But it's a very specific diagnosis, characterized by impulsivity, a very high drive for reward, and little to no remorse. It's a diagnosis that neuroscientist James Fallon is both professionally and personally familiar with. We spoke to him, and Professor Kent Kiehl -- who has spent years analyzing the psychopathic brain through a pioneering MRI study -- as well as "Sasha," who currently leads group-therapy sessions in a Midwestern jail. She has attempted to treat (arguably more than) her fair share of psychopaths in that correctional setting. 

In 2006, Fallon was finishing a study on Alzheimer's. Poring over countless brain scans, including one of his own, which he'd submitted as a control subject. Fair enough; he doesn't have Alzheimer's. But he did know an abnormal limbic system when he saw one -- and he knew that low levels of activity in the part of the brain that governs emotional life and social interaction are ... less than ideal.

"I got to the last scan, I looked at it and chuckled. I called the technicians in, and said, 'You mixed the files? This is a dangerous person who shouldn't be walking around, a psychopath!' I had to peel back the name (on the scan). Of course it was me."

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[thepowermoves]

The Psychopath Whisperer: Summary & Review

The Psychopath Whisperer: Summary & Review

The Psychopath Whisperer is the story of doctor Kent Kieh’sl career studying psychopaths. He explains how he came to discover that psychopaths’s brains were abnormal.

I found The Psychopath Whisperer highly instructive and highly entertaining at the same time.

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Psychopaths become serial killers when they also present paraphilia

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#37 Keep it Clean - Minimalist Beauty: 27/07/17 by solyda-sok featuring Aramis ❤ liked on Polyvore

Aramis body cleanser, 63 BRL / STS Ranchwear dopp kit, 250 BRL / Kiehl s men s grooming, 67 BRL / Bey Berk mens comb, 245 BRL / Yves Saint Laurent men s grooming, 325 BRL / Kiehl s men s grooming, 56 BRL / Kiehl s men s grooming, 170 BRL / 111Skin mens skincare, 2.505 BRL / Men s skincare, 155 BRL / Kent mens hair comb, 53 BRL / The Idle Man men s shaving, 185 BRL

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VAN KONKURENCIJE XVII

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VAN KONKURENCIJE XVII by keti-lady ❤ liked on polyvore.com

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#37 Keep it Clean - Minimalist Beauty: 27/07/17

#37 Keep it Clean - Minimalist Beauty: 27/07/17 by solyda-sok featuring a mens grooming kit ❤ liked on Polyvore

Aramis body cleanser, 1,275 INR / STS Ranchwear dopp kit, 5,090 INR / Kiehl s men s grooming, 1,370 INR / Bey Berk mens grooming kit, 5,030 INR / Yves Saint Laurent men s fragrance, 6,620 INR / Kiehl s men s grooming, 1,145 INR / Kiehl s men s grooming, 3,500 INR / 111Skin men s grooming, 50,925 INR / Men s skincare, 3,195 INR / Kent men s grooming, 1,095 INR / The Idle Man men s shaving, 3,785 INR

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Renaissance Man by ioakleaf featuring a mens grooming

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