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A10A
I am a Sniper in a special STRIKE team in the British Army on my second tour of Iraq. This book is one of the best books I have had the privilege to read. It gave me the tools I needed to go from shooting at great distances under pressure and then picking up my hart-rate to go into a hostile house to arrest the target. It has done more than just that, it has helped me understand who I am and why I am.

On Combat
I have read two books written by this author. Both are excelent and tells it like it is. Very clear to understand, explains in detail some of the emotions I experienced. Wish I would have known about this before.

Grossman Hits Another Home Run
Anyone who has read "On Killing" knows that Col. Grossman knows his stuff on this topic."On Combat" is a new look at this topic with many updates and some new ideas, including more original research into the mental processes that take place in the mind of a warrior during combat situations.The authors also look at the mental processes of 'recovery', why recovery sometimes goes wrong, and compare the homecoming of the veterans of the various 20th century wars to look at the results of Vietnam vs the other conflicts.
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Subjects:  1. Psychology    2. Psychopathology - General   

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Condensed, but not lost.
I actually use this version more than the big DSM IV TR because it is quicker to find things in.It is still a large book (over 900 pages), so it may not be a true pocket guide, but there is that version available also.However, if you do this everyday, this version can still fit in a pocket, and has all the ICD-9 codes for the pesky billing folks. Students could have this with them to learn at bedside the information they need to know for shelf and board exams.Resident psychiatrists, this should always be in you desk ready to go.Invest in this, 30 bucks well spent.

The quick guide that a therapist or Psychiatrist needs
The full DSM-IV is the bible that modern Psychiatry is based around.The book is actually sprisingly a fair read and not to difficult to navigate. But, it is fairly large (943 pages). So how do you remedy this if you need the reference, you get the quick guide. It is perfect as a quick reference for the diagnositc criteria, as well as the ICD-9 codes for billing.This is perfect as well for Medical students to carry around in the pocket and quickly read criteria about their patient's diagnosis and rattle off quickly to their attending, scoring brownie points.They make this spiral bound edition, which is excellent because it holds up better than the bound edition, just for the fact that you will flip through this book a thousand times a day, especially if you are a student.So this is a great companion to the DSV-IV TR, and don't forget the conscise Kaplan and Saddock 10th edition as reference as well.

Desk Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV-TR
Perfect!Exactly what I was looking for and exactly what I wanted and needed. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Mental Illness    3. Problems & Exercises    4. Psychiatric Diagnosis    5. Psychology    6. Psychopathology - General    7. Reference    8. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    9. Psychiatry    10. Reference works   

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better outcomes...less burnout!
As a relatively new therapist in a community mental health setting I noticed I kept getting clients that were diagnosed with BPD.No one else seemed to want them and as the new therapist I got "stuck" with them.After many months of frustration and questioning whether or not I made the right career choice, I stumbled across DBT.
Innovative protocol
Marsha Linehan's treatment approach to Borderline Personality Disorder is innovative and refreshing.DBT does work!This book explains BPD, it's history, and the development and theory behind several practices and how Linehan, through her own practical experience, came to treat BPD with her effective approach.The text is very clinical, but readable.It is a great, in-depth compliment to the skills manual by Linehan.A must for any clinician who has thrown up his/her arms in frustration while working with a Borderline client!

"The" book on DBT therapy, dense but well written...
CBT of Borderline Personality Disorder is a must have clinical book. Dense and chock full of therapeutic interventions, this book is pivotal for anyone working extensively with persons with BPD or anyone who has chronic suicidal thoughts, or other maladaptive and destructive coping skills. It's so dense however, take your time with it. Not an over night read unless your really good at absorbing a lot of information all at once. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Behavior Therapy    2. Borderline Personality Disorde    3. Borderline Personality Disorder    4. Cognitive Psychology    5. Cognitive therapy    6. Mental Disorders    7. Mental Illness    8. Personality    9. Psychology    10. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    11. Psychopathology - General    12. Treatment    13. therapy    14. Clinical psychology    15. Psychiatry    16. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology   

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Very useful for an Adult Psychopathology class
I found this book much more useful than any other providing disorder classification system.

Excellent resource
I use this text as a support text for a class I teach on Sex crimes and Paraphilias..It works well in determiong background on offenders.

Very good book
Worth buying it, clear and precise explanations on the topic. It is a "must" with out any doubt.
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Subjects:  1. Classification    2. Clinical Psychology    3. Diagnosis    4. Diagnostic and Statistical Man    5. Mental Disorders    6. Mental illness    7. Psychiatric Diagnosis    8. Psychiatry - General    9. Psychology    10. Psychopathology - General    11. Reference    12. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders    13. Medical diagnosis    14. Psychiatry    15. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology   

Reviews (62)

great reference of psychiatric illnesses
I think this book will be a pretty good resource for anyone searching for information regarding sleep disorders and mood swings. It will also teach anyone new to psychiatrics valuable information on dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc. as well as diagnoses associated with the illnesses.

The closest thing to Diagnostic Guidelines in Psychiatry
This is the full manual that you need to at least be in the ballpark on a diagnosis to help treat your patients with reasonable certainty.With Diagnosis, there is prognosis...and with this book, you can give a patient some relatively confident answers about what they are experiencing.One disadvantage to this full text is that it is large, and there is a lot of verbage. The scaled down desk version or the pocket guide to the DSM IV that you may want to have on rounds.
Still "The" Text We All Know About
DSM will remain as the bible of psychiatry. Despite its shortcomings, DSM has made it possible for clinicians to talk more objectively about psychiatric illnesses. Now more than ever, people around the globe can actually understand what 'schizophrenia' or 'bipolar disorder' really is. So if you're a trainee or a practising clinician, devour it, master it, enjoy it, and use it. But don't take the criteria too literally. Highly recommended! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Classification    2. Diagnosis    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Mental Disorders    5. Mental Illness    6. Psychiatric Diagnosis    7. Psychiatry - General    8. Psychology    9. Psychopathology - General    10. Reference    11. Clinical psychology    12. Psychiatry    13. Reference works   

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The Best Book on Borderline Mothers
This is the best book by far for anyone whose mother has borderline personality disorder. It is a book specific to this relationship whereas other books on the market try to cover spousal borderline relationships, etc. as well as parent-child and miss the depth found in this book. This is a must-read for adult children of borderlines -and it's not necessarily an easy go. The author has pegged situations/emotions with uncanny accuracy and puts words to what I personally could never accurately describe to an "outsider". Thankfully I have siblings and all of us have stuck together like glue over the years. I could never imagine an only child having to handle what we did. That's what makes this book so powerful -it is a voice, an explanation, a validation.

Very powerful and nothing short of amazing.
I am ETERNALLY appreciative and thankful to Dr. Lawson and her bold compassion. Until this book came along, the secret life of children born to such parents/caregivers remained silent, misunderstood, disregarded, unexposed, and considered surreal or unimaginable. Any words I choose to include here could not possibly illustrate how intensely grateful I am to the author for writing this book. This book has done more for me than words could EVER express, and after reading it I felt understood, and most importantly, whole.
True understanding at last.
For anyone with friends or family members who suffer from borderline personality disorder themselves or have borderline parents, this book is an absolutely invaluable source of insight and information. You'll feel a lot less alone dealing with the bewildering world of the borderline personality, and the book offers a very helpful section about the practicalities of dealing with the borderline people in your life. Written with grace and a sort of Jungian-archetype framework, the book is readable but precise, mythic but spot on. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dysfunctional Families    2. Personality    3. Psychology    4. Psychopathology - General    5. Social Psychology    6. Child & developmental psychology    7. Parenthood    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Mental Illness   

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Incredible source of insight
I wish they would make another edition, even though its expensive, well worth its read. written well enough for both laymen and professional. It gets kind of technical at the end, but once you've read enough of the other books, you pretty much can get an idea of the clinical stuff.
Making a difficult study simply amazing!
Studying and treating Bipolar Disorder is a difficult trend. Since Kraepelin lessons became available in his book, perhaps "Manic Depressive Illness" is the first to try the almost impossible mission to launch new lights on the matter. And with an amazing approach full of eruditism as well as simplicity and warmth. Untill nowadays, extremely accurate, complete, precise and comprehensive. In little words: in all aspects, amazing!

BUY THIS BOOK
Years ago when I was hospitalized for this illness, this HUGE reference and research book literally got me through.When doctors and my own family didn't know what was going on with me, I knew because the things written in this book were detailing (to a hugely accurate degree)my own experiences. Beyond this, it gives invaluable insight into lesser-known facets of this condition that it's apparent not even some physicians have researched, so in depth. The criticisms of some semi-outdated material are valid...certainly there have been advances in medicine, in particular, in the past 10-15 years.However, the bulk of the information is current in its validity and would not change, over time.This is some intense research.There is simply no other reference book out there that is so detailed and thorough.You must buy this book if you are the least bit interested in learning about this illness.Mental health experts should be required by law to own it.Surely, if you yourself have experienced the effects of bipolar disorder or you know someone in your family or life with it, you will literally not be able to put the book down--it's fascinating! Buy it, coupled with co-author Kay Redfield Jamison's other books (she's a psychiatrist AND a bipolar/manic depressive)--she is refreshingly unashamed and clear about her own life experiences in other works.Don't expect any personal examples in this book, as it's strictly research and data. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bipolar Disorder    2. Health/Fitness    3. Manic-depressive illness    4. Medical    5. Mental Depression    6. Psychiatry - General    7. Psychology    8. Psychopathology - General    9. Medical / Psychiatry    10. Medicine | Psychiatry & Psychology    11. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    12. Psychiatry   

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Professional Counseling
The book is easy to read and it gives great examples to better understand the concepts.I would recommend this book.

Comprehensive and applicable
The book treats many cases and reaches high level of coverage; it is very helpful, that in practice one can find many similarities, since the cases are very realistic and explained in depth. My opinion is, that it is valuable because it is applicable.

Fantastic book
This is by far the best text I have had in my four years of undergraduate work. This book eases you into the subject, yet provides striking depth for even the common reader. Enjoy ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Mental illness    3. Psychology    4. Psychology, Pathological    5. Psychopathology - General    6. Abnormal psychology    7. Psychiatry    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology   

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abnormal psy interesting
A very readable text with all the necessary academics and also associated case studies that bring the information to life. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Pathological Psychology    2. Psychiatry    3. Psychology    4. Psychology, Pathological    5. Psychopathology - General    6. Abnormal psychology    7. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Organized with interesting case studies.Easy reading.
The text in paperback form was quite inexpensive.The book was organizedinto easily digestible chapters with insightful DSM classifications.Thechapter on sexual disorders was quite explicit.Our instructor skipped itin lecture. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Mental Health    4. Psychology    5. Abnormal psychology   

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Fantastic Resource on Autism
Well written and referenced within chapters and volumes.All you need to know regarding current research and best practice in the field of Autism.Highly recommend.

Superb overview of research as it stands
Allowing for the inevitable time lag between copy editing, proof reading and final publication, this two volume set is as near as anyone will get at present to comprehensive state of the art reveiew of trends in research and therapy.Having digested the previous version - one volume with a blue cover - I was a little sceptical about the added-value that any new edition might bring.Honestly, I could not have been more wrong. There is a great deal more orgnaic science in this volume and the sections of therapy and interventions are well worth reading carefully. This review is not about the content of the book, more a case of witnessing that if you have bought the blue book, you should buy this set. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Autism in children    2. Autistic children    3. Clinical Psychology    4. Developmental - Child    5. Developmental disabilities    6. Developmentally disabled child    7. Psychology    8. Psychopathology - Autism    9. Psychopathology - General    10. Services for    11. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology   

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abnormal psychology
Book is in great condition, exactly as described.Free shipping was a great idea, worth the few extra days.Very satisfied overall, thanks!

Very Good Condition
Book was in excellent condition, inexpensive, and came in a resonable amount of time.

Think of how many prostitutes you could afford with $106!
This book has made me wonder just what the hell psychologists have been doing for the last 100 years.Used in a large number of college classrooms around the nation, and along with the hefty $100+ price tag, I was rather expectant as I began reading this colorful text that was to offer an introduction to abnormal psychology.And if I might be blunt, after finished the whole text, I'm left with the conclusion that either psychology is one of the emptiest modern "sciences" practiced today, or this book fails to achieve its introductory purpose.Due to further research and careful observation of my professor, I surmise the case is more of the former.Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Psychology    3. Psychopathology - General    4. Reference    5. Abnormal psychology    6. Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Behavior    2. Behavior disorders in children    3. Child Psychiatry    4. Developmental - Child    5. General    6. Pediatrics    7. Physiological Psychology    8. Psychology    9. Psychopathology - General    10. Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent    11. Child & developmental psychology    12. Philosophy & psychology    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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CBT rips off the Buddha
CBT theorists tend to present in a lucid fashion ideas that have been therapeutically effective for centuries, or in the case of Mindfulness, millennia.Unfortunately, the authors of this book, in fine CBT tradition, manage yet again to misappropriate the work of others and call it 'a new approach'.There is nothing new in what CBT does, other than to re-label as 'evidence-based' the ideas of other innovators after some dubious random-control trials.If the reader wishes to avoid supporting the political recycling of every other therapy ever created, he/ she would better serve patients, clients and self by reading original texts from, for example, Buddhism, which are more authentically authored than CBT's eclectic bag of techniques.However, as with any heavily funded political movement, I suspect that the CBT movement will continue selling old rope as new as long as we want knowledge served up as fast food. It's enough to make any self-respecting therapist relapse into depression!

Depression researcher
A fantastic book explaining the basics behind previous research and how we've come to arrive at the new mindfulness-based concept.Highly recommended for new clinicians wanting to further expand their understanding to a brief background of the cognitive aspect of relapse of depression as well as the direction future research appears to be heading.

Excellent Book Used in My Dialectical Behavior Therapy Class
We are using this book in my dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) class and it has been extremely helpful in understanding mindfulness. I highly recommend this as an addition to DBT for consumers of borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder. Wonderful! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cognitive Psychology    2. Cognitive Therapy    3. Depression    4. Depression, Mental    5. Emotions    6. Psychology    7. Psychopathology - General    8. Treatment    9. Cognition & cognitive psychology    10. Psychiatry    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychotherapy    12. Psychotherapy   

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Another Edition to a fantastic text
This new edition of the text once again proves that these authors are the masters of single subject research.I have used this text for five years in my graduate methods course and am completely satisfied with their coverage of the material of single subject research design.Just when a researcher thought it could not get any better, this new edition comes along with updates to the software.
enough is enough
I was pleased to hear that this text had been assigned in a graduate research course at my graduate school of social work. I'm seriously disappointed. I would not recommend this text's continued use. It is excessively repetitive, constantly restating previous material (commonly referred to as 'rehashing'), and, as a sidebar, i can't help but mention an irritating habit of unnecessary references to material yet to come ('we'll talk about that more in chapter 14.'). The writing style is terribly wordy, and in a weighted, clunky pseudo-conversational style that rarely is effective in a textbook. The actual technical information is obscured in a constant river of verbiage, usually in page after page of solid block text, the least helpful format when learning technical information (or when subsequently searching for specific information or techniques). The result? It serves as a strong sedative. Finally, the authors repeatedly express apologies, in what eventually (by page 350) feels like an obsequious and cloying manner, for putting forward an empirical and accountable approach to clinical practice. The worst, though, is the repetition of material, as if the reader were an idiot. The sheer relentlessness of it is what is so galling, and at $100 bucks, neither affordable nor worth the investment. There are other texts out there with clearer, cleaner, more articulate prose, that are more respectful of the reader, and at half the price, such as the classic and affordable: Single-Case Research Designs: Methods for Clinical and Applied Settings by Alan E. Kazdin. Ignore the pollyanna reviews above and below, and avoid this text, or if on the syllabus, protest and suggest an alternative.

A Classic in Practice Evaluation
Bloom, Fischer and Orme continue to make an unique contribution to improving practice in the human services by providing a road map by which practitioners can evaluate their effectiveness. I've been using their text book for over 15 years in teaching practice evaluation and in has been an invaluable help. The new edition has a CD Rom with SingWin, CAAP,and CAAS which I was able to install in Windows XP Home edition. You must install CAAS before CAAP for it to work. The sofware computerizes record keeping, score computation, and graph construction. I strongly reccommend this textbook for human services faculty. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Evaluation    3. Evaluation research (Social ac    4. Evaluation research (Social action programs)    5. Management - General    6. Political Science    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Program Evaluation    9. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    10. Social service    11. Abnormal psychology    12. Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)    13. Political Science / Social Services & Welfare    14. Social welfare & social services   

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Exceptional, the best book on the topic
If you have the vaugest inkling that you are a narcissist or are in a relationship with one, buy and read superb book immediatey.Sam has done the world a great service by elucidating all the manifestations, deceptions and behaviors that are created by narcissism.Since narcissism is so accepted in our culture, it is at first hard to see the damage that it can do, since narcissists make such entertaining and accomplished people.Yet the damage to themselves and others can be catastropic.As a narcissist myself, I can tell you that this book has played a tremendous role in my own healing.If you are a narcissist, amaze the world by reading this book, taking to heart what it has to say, and changing yourself for the better.You'll enjoy life a lot more, and people will enjoy you more as well.My only complaint is the high price of this book--but it is still worth it, and still worthy of five stars.

THE WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING IS REVEALED THANKS TO MR VAKNIN
Your mateis not hitting you andthey arenot verbally abusing you so how can this be an abusive relationship you are thinking? . Yet you are either angry or crying all the time? Do you feel your own sanity slipping away?Are there constant "miscommunications" between you andyour partner?Does your relationship history keep changing? When yourpartner doessomething nice for you does it have an underlying feeling of contempt to it and you can't figure out why? Does this person keep telling youthey love you but promises are rarely if ever kept? .Do you feel theyhave compartmentalized theirlife and you are not allowed in certain areas. Do you feel like an intruder in their home when you visit? It is irrational to think something is wrong. Your mate would have to be crazy to be in a relationship with you if they don'twant to be with you..If they don't want the relationship why are theyspending hours upon hours going through relationship talks and counseling to keep the relationship going? Of course theywant itto be successful... or do they?Are you asking yourself these questions?Then this book is a MUST READ.
A Truly Remarkable Book
We know that people die from cancer every day, yet many of us engage in unhealthy activities that are known to increase our risk of getting the disease. Then, when it happens to us, or to someone we love, we are shocked to find that we were not immune.
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Subjects:  1. Narcissism    2. Personal Growth - Self-Esteem    3. Self-Help    4. Abnormal psychology    5. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    6. The self, ego, identity, personality    7. Reading Group Guide   

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State of the art
Essential material and systematic paths of therapy by the experts' experts. An excellent tool at last !!!
I am a second year MSW student who works in a mental health clinic.I have found this book to be extremely helpful and practical in the treatment of depressive and anxiety disorders.My supervisor even purchased a copy of this book after she saw my work.Clients respond well to the interventions suggested, and they feel like they are finally being understood.It also forces the worker to be thorough in their work.

A Superb New Book for Practioners of Cognitive Therapy
A great many books have been written about cognitive therapy, but few areas useful to the cognitive practitioner as this book by Robert Leahy andStephen Holland.It is a book that is remarkable for its scholarship anddistilled years of clinical acumen, and clinicians, graduate students, andpsychiatrists in training will find it practical beyond measure.I am agreat admirer of Leahy and Holland's previous work, and this new effort hasexceeded my own heightened expectations for such a volume.The book is acompendium of information that is valuable beyond measure, and makes aprofound claim on the attention of all serious cognitive therapists, andthose who are in training to learn cognitive therapy.The book is alsolikely to attract a wide audience among teachers of cognitive therapycourses in graduate and medical schools, and internship and residencyprograms. Among the particular glories of this excellent book arethat the reader gets easy and immediate access to "state of theart" treatments for depression and anxiety disorders, detailedtreatment plans, a CD that allows printable forms for patients andtherapist, a detailed list of cognitive therapy interventions, andmedication charts.The book is a first rate summary of knowledge aboutdisorders and their treatments, synthesized into usable form by two mastercognitive therapists, and so it is likely to be of great value toclinicians, graduate students, and psychiatrists in training.Thus, thebook by Leahy and Holland is key reference work that serious cognitivepractitioners will want for their libraries, and that both experienced andnovice therapists can find helpful.Read more

Subjects:  1. Anxiety    2. Cognitive Therapy    3. Depression    4. Depression, Mental    5. Depressive Disorder    6. Psychodiagnostics    7. Psychology    8. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    9. Psychopathology - General    10. Psychotherapy - General    11. Treatment    12. therapy    13. Clinical psychology    14. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    15. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology   

Editorial Review

"Psychopaths are social predators who charm, manipulate, and ruthlessly plow their way through life, leaving a broad trail of broken hearts, shattered expectations, and empty wallets. Completely lacking in conscience and in feelings for others, they selfishly take what they want and do as they please..." In Read more

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Your whole family should read this book
A person like this ruined my life, my nephew's life and my child.I ended up seeing a psychiatrist as part of my recovery after the incident and she recommended this book.I wish I had read it before I met the psychopath and I would never have been drawn into his manipulations and deceptions.These people are out there among us and you probably already know at least one.The only way to protect yourself from them is to know what to look for.My psychiatrist promised me that once I read this book, I would never again fall victim to these people.She was right; I have since been able to identify them and avoid them.I recently lent this book to my neighbor whose teenage daughter was deceived by a teenage psychopath and who was beeing ruthlessly lied to, manipulated, stalked and harassed by him.Read this book and share it with everyone in your family. It has been a blessing to me and mine.

Is Anything Being Done?
Like many people, I have a person in my social circle who manifests most, if not all, of the symptoms described in this book.Deceitful and manipulative, lack of empathy, irresponsible, impulsive, need for excitement, etc.Dr. Hare says that there is no evidence that there is a cause/effect relationship between early childhood experiences and psychopathy.However, it concerns me that he frequently equates good parenting with a stable, professional household.Abuse can and does occur in well-to-do homes.Poor families can and do provide loving homes. I have known my syptomatic person since birth.She was unwanted, unloved, emotionally abused, and probably also physically abused (thought I never witnessed the latter).The feedback she got from her mother was not related to her behavior.Once I asked her why she lies habitually.She said that she thought it was probably due to the fact that from the time she was a small child, she never knew what would throw her mother into a rage, so she never told the truth until she could drop a few lies to get clues as to what might be acceptable.The sad thing is that she has a new baby, is living in a room at a stinking flophouse at the beach, looking for a man to hook up with.Watch out, guys!!

Awesome view of someone you know...
After reading this book made me realize what I suspected for a long time. A close family member appears to be a psychopath. After many years of struggling with this person, this book has opened my eyes to see that by adulthood, many psychpaths do not change. Thanks to this book I have taken a drastic decision to walk away from my situation/ relationship with the suspected psychopath. The checklist matched line per line with this individual. Even some quotes in the book rang very similarly to what my family member has said in the past. Chilling but very liberating facts. I highly recommend this book to any one because in our lifetime we all have encountered a psychopath. With varying degrees of the condition. Not necessarily a serial killer, but maybe somenoe who manupulates, lies, cheats, steals, and is abusive. All for personal gain and "Without Conscience". ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antisocial personality disorde    2. Antisocial personality disorders    3. Medical    4. Mental Health    5. Psychiatry - General    6. Psychology    7. Psychopathology - General    8. Psychopaths    9. Clinical psychology    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / Pathological Psychology    11. Psychopathology   

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Psychology plain and simple
This book has everything a student could need for the study of abnormal psychology.It's organised, readable, and accurate.The case studies really bring it all together in "real world" examples.The only caution I would give is that the 10th addition has some major changes from the 9th, so make sure, if you are using it for a class, that it's the edition the rest of your class is using. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Mental Disorders    2. Psychology    3. Psychology, Pathological    4. Psychopathology    5. Psychopathology - General    6. Abnormal psychology    7. Psychiatry    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Pathological Psychology   

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Interesting, no-nonsense, and engaging.
This book is very interesting.As the title implies -- sociopaths seem to be "everywhere", for lack of a better word.But the book, in my opinion, is not meant to sensationalize or to scare -- in fact, I found it very informative.It's also not boring to read.Even if you aren't a Psychology buff (as I'm not) it is layman-friendly and doesn't use a lot of jargon from her field; and, when she does, Dr. Stout takes time to explain.She uses plenty of examples and takes a no-nonsense approach.
Conscience Or Superego?
Despite the marketing of the book as a "how to" in isolating destructive types conquering your life in which it succeeds..the book itself is also a lucid study in dealing with the questions surrounding human motivation, nature nurture arguements,inflation of ego,the clash between rugged individualism and the common good as well as clarity in outlining the arguments with evolutionary biology and psychology as to the future of mankind and the creation of a just society based on conscience.
If you deal with people, you need this book
Remarkable insight and non-judgmental. Anyone in a profession that deals directly with people, i.e.. teachers, lawyers, human resource, etc. should read this book. Although it probably describes most people in the entertainment industry, it is may be explaining the the person closest to you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Interpersonal Relations    2. Mental Illness    3. Personality    4. Psychology    5. Psychopathology - General    6. Social Psychology    7. Popular psychology    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Personality    9. Psychopaths    10. Antisocial personality disorders