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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616 EAN: 9781572308640 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1572308648 Label: The Guilford Press Manufacturer: The Guilford Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 476 Publication Date: December 18, 2002 Publisher: The Guilford Press Studio: The Guilford Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Psychopathy remains one of the least understood personality disorders and one of the most intransigent to therapeutic amelioration. Better understanding of this disorder is not helped by its DSM definition, which specifies diagnostic criteria in terms of concrete antisocial behaviors rather than psychological dynamics. In a concerted effort to remedy this situation, this volume brings together a distinguished array of contributors to provide a comprehensive review of research on psychopathy--its nature, causes, and effects on the individual and society, as well as current management approaches. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not exactly "Bedtime Reading," but Really UsefulMichael Stone and Joel & Ethan Coen fans and Donnie Darko's of the world, -this- one's for you. (I may need a month laying out on the beach, myself, after wading through this thing.) I'd read Millon's other work on the antisocial and sadistic personalities. I'd read Stone's, Bobby Hare's and Reid Meloy's stuff. I can administer a PCL-R from memory. I thought this would be "edifying." It's more like -really disturbing-. Millon and his estimable crew, including all the afforementioned ... Read More Rating:  - Excellent material, but slow goingOffers a wonderfully comprehensive collection of current theories and trends, but is (for the most part) *very* dry reading. Rating: - A very comprehensive review of psychopathyUtilizing this book in writing a paper for graduate school, I found it to be very helpful and thorough. The foremost experts in antisocial personality disorders and psychopathy have collaborated to comment on everything from history and etiology, to recent developments in comorbidity and treatment. A must have for anyone interested in the subject. -Lee Cohen 
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