She seems to be a bit of an intriguing character. I remember googling her when that thread from 18 days ago popped up and couldn't figure out whether she was ge

She seems to be a bit of an intriguing character. I remember googling her when that thread from 18 days ago popped up and couldn't figure out whether she was genuine or simply a very good self-publicist chasing a literary niche. Seeing her pop up again has made me lean towards the latter. I googled around again and discovered a reddit thread in "askpsychology": https://www.reddit.com/r/askpsychology/comments/jqewhk/does_anyone_know_where_the_writer_patric_gagne/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askpsychology/comments/jqewhk/does_... It raises a few interesting concerns, for example: * You'd expect someone with a degree in psychology to be unlikely to use the term "sociopath" so freely and without qualification or clarification. * Her credentials seem questionable. There's no record of her actually having a PhD and no record of a dissertation in proquest. It's possible she did a "PsyD" program at California Graduate Institute. * She appears to use clinical terminology incorrectly and make claims on her (now disappeared) blog that aren't backed up by research. * Her real name appears to be Patricia Cagle, however she wrote articles under the name "Patric Gagne" for a column called Modern Love in NYT which apparently does not permit pseudonyms.