Colloquially, people use the term psychopath (pronounced sigh-COP-ah-thee)
to indicate that someone is “crazy,” but this would be a gross overstatement.
I’ve got family members who are crazy, but are not remotely psychopaths. In the
psychological field, the term is mainly used in conjunction with or as the
equivalent to Antisocial Personality Disorder, but this is shortsighted and
incorrect.
The term psychopath isn’t located in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM), which is the canon of therapists, psychologists, and
psychiatrists. Psychopathy is more like a combination of characteristics from
several disorders, not just one.
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