Psychopathy vs Sociopathy
Added 2018-03-09 15:01:00 +0000 UTCDr. Kirk Honda talks about the difference between psychopathy and sociopathy.
The Psychology In Seattle Podcast.
March 9, 2018.
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And also. So many disorders are related to developmental trauma and it is obvious that we do not have a good understanding of what developmental trauma even is let alone how it affects people. It is so fundamental to psycho-pathy (in the general sense, one could even say that the etymology of the word "psychopathy" means serious mental illness) . The diagnoses of the personality disorders, conduct disorder, reactive attachment disorder, etc are very similar and related to trauma, so we are missing the forest for the trees when we parse out what is antisocial and what is a conduct disorder, reactive attachment, etc.
Corin W.
2018-03-14 00:26:18 +0000 UTCRe: psychopathy and sociopathy; Thank you for pointing out how this is an arbitrary division. I really wish that these terms would stop being thrown around casually. There is a terrible book by Martha Strout (the sociopath next door) that claims that sociopathy is so common that it is at least 4-5% of the population. BS. A large part of the problem is that our society loves to be armchair psychologists but are totally ignorant of the way unconscious mental activity is organized, the defensive structure, the ego functions, etc. I have the feeling that aspects of narcissism initiate sociopathic-type behavior, because it is more of a projective identification system than located in the individual mind. It's easy to label others as sociopathic rather than recognize it in yourself.
Corin W.
2018-03-14 00:20:35 +0000 UTC
