Are Psychopaths Born, or Made?
It turns out it’s a combination of both
I wish I weren’t personally interested in this question. I wish I’d never heard the term psychopath. I wish I didn’t know the things I know. I wish that certain images from my past didn’t occasionally percolate through my busy brain to linger there, raising dark questions about one of my family members. But wishing doesn’t make it so.
Forbes defines a psychopath this way:
A psychopath typically is a person who is callous, manifests antisocial behaviors, does not see other people as human beings, manipulates them, betrays them, uses them and has total disregard of the law.
Psychopathy isn’t an official a part of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), yet it’s considered to be a personality disorder marked by several hallmark features. As reported to Forbes,
A psychopath typically is a person who is callous, manifests antisocial behaviors, does not see other people as human beings, manipulates them, betrays them, uses them and has total disregard of the law. And at the same time, [they] are perceived by people as charming and affable, easygoing and loveable,” says Igor Galynker, M.D., a professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and associate chairman for…
