Psychologist Leanne ten Brinke has spent decades studying toxic personality traits. What are the red flags to look out for among workmates, politicians and potential partners?

Psychopathy and sociopathy are two terms often used interchangeably, yet they describe different patterns of behavior rooted in distinct emotional and cognitive traits. Both fall under the broader ...

Blink and you’ll miss it. If you suspect someone is a psychopath, just look into their eyes, experts advise. In a 2018 study, researchers at Cardiff and Swansea universities investigated the effect of ...

Characterized by selfishness, a lack of guilt, and unempathetic values, psychopathic tendencies are largely criticized in today’s society. While some aspects of their personality and disorder can be ...

If someone asked you to imagine a psychopath, who would you picture? Many of us might conjure an image of a violent criminal who will do anything without remorse to get what they want. After all, ...

A new study published in Biological Psychology reports that individuals with elevated psychopathic traits may experience fear in a fundamentally different way from others, interpreting physiological ...

Advances in research are showing that a deeper understanding of psychopathy may help to create more effective interventions.

The topic of psychopathy comes up frequently in the media, and one of the most common questions that psychologists on television and in print are asked sounds simple on the surface: “What’s the ...

Although the psychopathy diagnosis has never been included in any commonly accepted classification system for mental disorders (including the DSM), the very word psychopath is often linked to criminal ...

A psychopath is a person with antisocial personality disorder. They are characterised by sadism, narcissism, egoism and a tendency to manipulation. And although they are very dangerous and toxic, they ...

When parents worry about a child’s behaviour – be it frequent meltdowns or trouble at school – they often call in someone like me. As a child therapist, I work with children from 11 up, and see many ...