The Psychopath Emotion and the Brain

This timely new book presents the scientific facts of psychopathy and antisocial behavior, addressing critical issues such as the definition of psychopathy, the number of psychopaths in society, whether psychopaths can be treated, and whether psychopathy is due to nature or nurture.

James Blair is Chief of the Unit on Affective Cognitive Neuroscience in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program of the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program.

Derek Mitchell and Karina Blair both work on the Unit on Affective Cognitive Neuroscience in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program of the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program.

List of figures and tables	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. viii
What Is Psychopathy?	p. 1
The Background Facts	p. 18
What Is the Ultimate Cause of Psychopathy?	p. 28
The Psychopathic Individual: The Functional Impairment	p. 47
Cognitive Accounts of Psychopathy	p. 67
Neural Accounts of Psychopathy	p. 81
A Neurocognitive Account of Reactive Aggression	p. 96
A Neurocognitive Account of Psychopathy	p. 110
Conundrums and Conclusions	p. 141
References	p. 156
Subject index	p. 187
Author index	p. 196
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