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No, antisocial personality disorder (usually seen as psychopathy in criminology for which no paychxological diagnosis exists) is characterized by impulsive beha

No, antisocial personality disorder (usually seen as psychopathy in criminology for which no paychxological diagnosis exists) is characterized by impulsive behavior, aggression, anger, lack of empathy, no regard for existing laws/rules and in inability to learn from discipline. See the Wikipedia page for more information. Lack of feeling emotions is not a defining trait in psychopathy. Lack of feeling emotions is a defining trait in schizoid personality disorder, certain flavors of depression, and dissociative or trauma based disorders.

shakna 10y ago
This touches on something personal, so I'll try to keep this civil, and encompassing, but I won't respond further. The definition for psychopathy changes within various countries and even the industry addressing the issue. The US conflates what have clear distinctions where I am: sociopathy and psychopathy. The definition Wikipedia leans towards would be called sociopathy here. APD, and several other disorders, get classified as psychopathy here. The definition I gave is simply the definition I was given post-diagnosis. However, my point that a lack of emotion is possible, seems to stand regardless of the name you give to the disorder.
- hosh 10y ago
  There was an experimental procedure using trans-cranial magnetic stimulation that opened up empathy for an autistic person. (And similarly, TCMS was used experimentally to temporary induce autism in someone). So I wonder to what extent TCMS can be used for this. Though, like autism, if TCSM can reduce, it can also induce. It's in my experience that psychopathy (or whatever we'd like to call it) is a consciousness state, and there are some people who can deliberately shift into it by choice. These are usually folks who experiment with hacking their consciousness, such as psychonauts or meditators, so I'm not necessarily talking about people who are born into it, or conditioned by circumstance into it. The most interesting thing about consciously shifting into that state is that, once you are there, you feel zero motivation to shift out of it, even if you have the knowledge and skill to do so. And it is not so much that there is a lack of emotion, so much as the lack of suffering when it comes to experiencing things. At that point, any morality is driven by choice, rather than by pathos.
  - striking 10y ago
    > There was an experimental procedure using trans-cranial magnetic stimulation that opened up empathy for an autistic person. An article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/an-experimental-autism-treatment-cost-me-my-marriage/ http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/an-experimental-aut...
  - DanBC 10y ago
    One of the English NHS (except they're independent of the NHS) "death panels" NICE has said there's limited evidence of effectiveness of transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment for depression, but recommended that it's offered to some people in some situations. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/IPG542/chapter/4-Efficacy https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/IPG542/chapter/4-Efficacy
- gohrt 10y ago
  What countries defined "psychopathy" as a specific medical oandition? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy says: no psychiatric or psychological organization has sanctioned a diagnosis titled "psychopathy" The words "psychopath" and "sociopath" are very general terms for mental illness.

shakna 10y ago

This touches on something personal, so I'll try to keep this civil, and encompassing, but I won't respond further. The definition for psychopathy changes within various countries and even the industry addressing the issue. The US conflates what have clear distinctions where I am: sociopathy and psychopathy. The definition Wikipedia leans towards would be called sociopathy here. APD, and several other disorders, get classified as psychopathy here. The definition I gave is simply the definition I was given post-diagnosis. However, my point that a lack of emotion is possible, seems to stand regardless of the name you give to the disorder.

hosh 10y ago
There was an experimental procedure using trans-cranial magnetic stimulation that opened up empathy for an autistic person. (And similarly, TCMS was used experimentally to temporary induce autism in someone). So I wonder to what extent TCMS can be used for this. Though, like autism, if TCSM can reduce, it can also induce. It's in my experience that psychopathy (or whatever we'd like to call it) is a consciousness state, and there are some people who can deliberately shift into it by choice. These are usually folks who experiment with hacking their consciousness, such as psychonauts or meditators, so I'm not necessarily talking about people who are born into it, or conditioned by circumstance into it. The most interesting thing about consciously shifting into that state is that, once you are there, you feel zero motivation to shift out of it, even if you have the knowledge and skill to do so. And it is not so much that there is a lack of emotion, so much as the lack of suffering when it comes to experiencing things. At that point, any morality is driven by choice, rather than by pathos.
- striking 10y ago
  > There was an experimental procedure using trans-cranial magnetic stimulation that opened up empathy for an autistic person. An article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/an-experimental-autism-treatment-cost-me-my-marriage/ http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/an-experimental-aut...
- DanBC 10y ago
  One of the English NHS (except they're independent of the NHS) "death panels" NICE has said there's limited evidence of effectiveness of transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment for depression, but recommended that it's offered to some people in some situations. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/IPG542/chapter/4-Efficacy https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/IPG542/chapter/4-Efficacy
gohrt 10y ago
What countries defined "psychopathy" as a specific medical oandition? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy says: no psychiatric or psychological organization has sanctioned a diagnosis titled "psychopathy" The words "psychopath" and "sociopath" are very general terms for mental illness.