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007 - Psychopaths as Children



Psychopath in Your Life

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Episode 007 Summary:

In Episode 007, Dianne further discusses the characteristics of children displaying psychopathic tendencies; this includes certain traits and behaviors that are specific to children. Listen to find out why psychopathic symptoms go unnoticed in a household, the status for psychopathic care facilities today, and the reason why reporting can be complicated.

Time Stamped Show Notes:
  • 00:12 – Introduction to Psychopath in Your Life

  • 00:18 – Dianne is the author of the book, Psychopaths in Our Lives

  • 01:05 – "We're finally getting information coming out"

  • 01:25 – The Atlantic Magazine has a great article, "When Your Child is a Psychopath"

  • 02:12 – Dianne reads, "callous and unemotional traits—shorthand for a cluster of characteristics and behaviors, including a lack of empathy, remorse, or guilt, shallow emotions, aggression and even cruelty, and a seeming indifference to punishment."

  • 02:48 – Callous and unemotional children have no trouble hurting others to get what they want

  • 02:58 – In 2013, The American Psychiatric Association and the DSM say that the condition can go unnoticed

  • 04:12 – Dr. Hare developed the youth checklist for psychopathy behaviors

  • 04:34 – What's being done now is trial and error

  • 04:46 – The flaw or lack is in developing places where kids can receive support/training for their behavior

  • 05:46 – Once kids age out of a facility, there's no follow-up

  • 06:26 – Few families get to the point where they find care facilities

  • 06:58 – In China, there are tons of facilities for gaming addictions

  • 07:20 – Research and self-reporting are key issues

  • 07:58 – Dianne shares about the Ted Bundy case

    • 09:12 – The big trip up for Ted Bundy was pornography

    • 09:45 – Ted had a girlfriend who stayed with him

    • 10:23 – He was engaged a couple of times

    • 10:37 – He had a pattern

  • 10:58 – Reporting becomes complicated because you rely on the family to report it

  • 11:57 – Psychopaths are not always men

  • 12:57 – Men who are abused by women are off the radar

  • 13:23 – For more information go to www.psychopath-research.com, in the "Family" section

    • 13:54 – Register to be able to post

    • 14:22 – A person on the site posts about his child who is under care in a facility

  • 15:18 – Dianne cannot diagnose any person without meeting them

  • 15:40 – Don't mislabel people as psychopaths

  • 16:37 – Dianne would like to share tools to do the research yourself

  • 17:04 – Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Google Play, Facebook, Published on 8 years, 7 months ago






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