r/Psychopathy

5.6K archived posts · Sep 2012 – Sep 2026

Psychopathy

r/Psychopathy

This subreddit intends to be an informational and educational repository for research and discussion on the topic of psychopathy and related disorders.

Created Sep 4, 2012

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We are interested in psychopathy.

Meaning:

"Persistent behavioral deviancy in the company of emotional–interpersonal detachment" (Patrick et al, 2009)
"Wanted: charming, aggressive, carefree people who are impulsively irresponsible but are good at handling people and looking after number one" (Widom, 1977)
"A constellation of traits that comprises affective features, interpersonal features, as well as impulsive and antisocial behaviors. The affective features include lack of guilt, empathy, and deep emotional attachments to others; the interpersonal features include narcissism and superficial charm; and the impulsive and antisocial behaviors include dishonesty, manipulativeness, and reckless risk-taking." (SSSP)

Psychology -- r/Psychology, r/Psychopathology

r/AcademicPsychology, r/BehaviorAnalysis, r/PsychScience, r/IOPsychology, r/MathPsych, r/Participants

r/CogSci, r/CogNeuro, r/Neuropsychology, r/Neuro, r/Psychopharmacology, r/Nootropics, r/Neurophilosophy

r/Psychotherapy, r/Psychiatry, r/SocialWork, r/MentalHealth, r/Health
Sociology -- r/Sociology, r/SocialScience, r/AskSocialScience
Economics -- r/BehavioralEconomics, r/AcademicEconomics
Criminology -- r/Criminology, r/SerialKillers, r/UnsolvedMysteries, r/UnresolvedMysteries, r/Forensics, r/Law, r/ProtectAndServe, r/Police, r/SocialEngineering, r/Scams

Carve-outs:

I think I am a psychopath -- r/OffMyChest, r/Confession, r/Depression, r/Self
I am a psychopath -- r/Sociopath, r/CasualIAmA, r/IAmA
I know a psychopath -- r/relationship_advice, r/BadRoommates
Our leaders are psychopaths -- r/Politics, r/Conspiracy
My radical theory about psychopaths -- r/ChangeMyView

Curveballs:

Pop psychology -- r/SelfHelp, r/PsychBlogs
I just want creepy, spooky, etc. -- r/MorbidReality, r/NoSleep, r/Creepy, r/CreepyPasta, r/TrueCreepy, r/Paranormal, r/ScaredShitless, r/Horror
Depraved killers in TV/film -- r/BreakingBad, r/HannibalTV, r/Hannibal, r/Dexter, r/TheSopranos

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