Psychopathy, or the psychopathic spectrum?

Originally Posted by Shodan

Psychopathy, the brain disorder, is a dichotomy with a spectrum. You either are a psychopath or you aren't, since it's a biological condition, but some cases are more severe than others. The same is true of just about any disease or disorder.

Psychopathic features - that is, behavior and traits of a non-psychopath that would be typical of psychopaths - are definitely spectral.

Not what I meant in regard to a dichotomized system. What I mean by a dichotomized system, is the distinctions between primary, and secondary psychopathy as the only two forms of its presentation. But, interesting take.

Originally Posted by Shodan

Psychopathy, the brain disorder, is a dichotomy with a spectrum. You either are a psychopath or you aren't, since it's a biological condition, but some cases are more severe than others. The same is true of just about any disease or disorder.

Psychopathic features - that is, behavior and traits of a non-psychopath that would be typical of psychopaths - are definitely spectral.

Not what I meant in regard to a dichotomized system. What I mean by a dichotomized system, is the distinctions between primary, and secondary psychopathy as the only two forms of its presentation. But, interesting take.

[Shodan]

Originally Posted by Rant

What I mean by a dichotomized system, is the distinctions between primary, and secondary psychopathy as the only two forms of its presentation.

Oh. I don't know enough to offer a good opinion on that.

[Shodan]

Originally Posted by Rant

What I mean by a dichotomized system, is the distinctions between primary, and secondary psychopathy as the only two forms of its presentation.

Oh. I don't know enough to offer a good opinion on that.

Originally Posted by Shodan

Oh. I don't know enough to offer a good opinion on that.

I would posit that, as opposed to this system of duality, that there are several subtypes of psychopathy that present with the comorbidity of psychopathic traits with mental disorders extenuating beyond antisocial personality disorder.

As a side note, psychopathy isn't technically a brain disorder. At least, not in that it's something you can be diagnosed with. It's a classification for a series of behaviors associative with several mental disorders. Some of which are predispositional on a genetic basis.

Originally Posted by Shodan

Oh. I don't know enough to offer a good opinion on that.

I would posit that, as opposed to this system of duality, that there are several subtypes of psychopathy that present with the comorbidity of psychopathic traits with mental disorders extenuating beyond antisocial personality disorder.

As a side note, psychopathy isn't technically a brain disorder. At least, not in that it's something you can be diagnosed with. It's a classification for a series of behaviors associative with several mental disorders. Some of which are predispositional on a genetic basis.

[Shodan]

Originally Posted by Rant

As a side note, psychopathy isn't technically a brain disorder. At least, not in that it's something you can be diagnosed with. It's a classification for a series of behaviors associative with several mental disorders. Some of which are predispositional on a genetic basis.

Oh. My argument about psychopathy's spectral/dichotomous nature was based on the premise that psychopathy could be reliably diagnosed with no information other than the output of brain scans. If that isn't true, I retract my argument.

[Shodan]

Originally Posted by Rant

As a side note, psychopathy isn't technically a brain disorder. At least, not in that it's something you can be diagnosed with. It's a classification for a series of behaviors associative with several mental disorders. Some of which are predispositional on a genetic basis.

Oh. My argument about psychopathy's spectral/dichotomous nature was based on the premise that psychopathy could be reliably diagnosed with no information other than the output of brain scans. If that isn't true, I retract my argument.

Originally Posted by Shodan

Oh. My argument about psychopathy's spectral/dichotomous nature was based on the premise that psychopathy could be reliably diagnosed with no information other than the output of brain scans. If that isn't true, I retract my argument.

There's no standardized diagnostic criteria for which one can be diagnosed with psychopathy, because psychopathy isn't a technically recognized disorder. Like, it's not in the DSM, for example.

Originally Posted by Shodan

Oh. My argument about psychopathy's spectral/dichotomous nature was based on the premise that psychopathy could be reliably diagnosed with no information other than the output of brain scans. If that isn't true, I retract my argument.

There's no standardized diagnostic criteria for which one can be diagnosed with psychopathy, because psychopathy isn't a technically recognized disorder. Like, it's not in the DSM, for example.

[Shodan]

Originally Posted by Rant

There's no standardized diagnostic criteria for which one can be diagnosed with psychopathy, because psychopathy isn't a technically recognized disorder. Like, it's not in the DSM, for example.

This keeps getting further away from what I thought.

[Shodan]

Originally Posted by Rant

There's no standardized diagnostic criteria for which one can be diagnosed with psychopathy, because psychopathy isn't a technically recognized disorder. Like, it's not in the DSM, for example.

This keeps getting further away from what I thought.