W(h)ither psychopathic disorder? A view from the U.K

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herschel Prins
Keyword(s):  
Psychopathic Disorder

Mental Health (Public Safety and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 1999: detention of untreatable patients with psychopathic disorder

2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 647-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. M. Crichton ◽  
Rajan Darjee ◽  
Alexander McCall-Smith ◽  
Derek Chiswick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Psychopathic Disorder

Sadistic Fantasy, Sadistic Behaviour and Offending

1983 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. MacCulloch ◽  
P. R. Snowden ◽  
P. J. W. Wood ◽  
H. E. Mills
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Special Hospital ◽  
Psychopathic Disorder

SummaryThis paper explores the genesis of sadistic behaviour in men and its relationship to crime. Sixteen male special hospital patients, each with a diagnosis of psychopathic disorder, formed the basis of this descriptive study. In only three cases were the crimes explicable in terms of external circumstances and personality traits. The offences of the remaining 13 cases became comprehensible only when the offender's internal circumstances were explored: investigation revealed repetitive sadistic masturbatory fantasies which had spilled over into overt behaviour because the patients had felt impelled to seek and create increasingly dangerousin vivo‘try-outs' of their fantasies. The paper discusses the crucial link between sadistic fantasy and behaviour.

scholarly journals Psychopathic Disorder – Concept or Chimera

2014 ◽  
pp. 247
Author(s):  
Herschel Prins
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Legislation ◽  
Health Legislation ◽  
Psychopathic Disorder

<p>This paper, which is divided into five parts, has been prompted by the continuing interest in the complex and emotive topic of psychopathic disorder1 and the possibility of a government Bill aimed at revising the current mental health legislation being introduced in 2003. The unclear nature of the condition and the controversies surrounding it are well encapsulated in the two quotations that head this paper. One or two other literary allusions will also be called in aid later.</p>

scholarly journals Psychopathic disorder and autistic spectrum disorders

1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 692-692
Author(s):  
Ernest Gralton ◽  
Julie Crocombe
Keyword(s):  
Autistic Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Autistic Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Psychopathic Disorder
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document