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Essay / Inside the Mind of a Psychopath - 1224
Have you ever seen films with the characters of Hannibal Lecter, Jason or Michael Myers? They are well-known psychopaths in the Hollywood world. The way these films portray these psychopaths is a misconception of what a psychopath actually is. A psychopath is "a person with a personality disorder marked by aggressive, violent, antisocial thoughts and behaviors and a lack of remorse or empathy", or "an offensive term for someone who is considered to be highly antisocial, aggressive and lacking in empathy. » (Encarta ® World English Dictionary) Psychopaths are known and most likely to suffer from APD, which stands for Antisocial Personality Disorder. People with APD are usually subjected to extensive testing to detect any signs of psychopathy or even sociopathy in their mentality. Not all people with APD are bad, they just don't understand and conform to the habits of human nature. Psychopathy can be detected as early as age nine. Some signs of early psychopathy include: violent behavior, uncontrollable misbehavior, and antisocial behavior. The idea that a nine year old is a psychopath is inexplicable, crazy. The truth is that not all psychopaths are violent, that psychopathy is just one type among many mental illnesses or disorders like any other. The violent acts of a psychopath are preventable if the individual is diagnosed at an early age. It is generally at the age of fifteen that these individuals manifest and accept their psychopathy. Once they reach this stage, therapy and medications may become useless for their case. It is not easy to reverse the mentality of a psychopath or any normal person, especially a psychopath, since they are already born with such a mentality. There are different types of psychopaths, but here is a p...... middle of paper. .... .Bonn, Scott A., Ph.D. "How to tell a sociopath from a psychopath." Psychology today: health, help, happiness + Find a therapist. Np, January 22, 2014. Web. May 7, 2014. “New Health Guide. » Differences between psychopath and sociopath. Np, and Web. May 6, 2014. .Kahn, Jennifer. “Trouble, 9 years old.” The New York Times. The New York Times, May 12, 2012. Web. May 8, 2014. "What Motivates the Psychopath? | Psychopath in Your Life | Psychopath Support Community." What motivates the psychopath? | Psychopath in your life | Support community for psychopathic victims. Np, and Web. May 8 2014. .