A recent study published in Current Psychology suggests that how adults remember their parents treating them during childhood ...

Murderous psychopaths might make great movie villains, but research now suggests that these emotionless killers simply don't ...

As an expert on personality disorders, people often ask me about psychopathy. It seems everybody has had an ex, a boss, a ...

Psychopathy is a form of antisocial behavior that includes traits like impulsivity, manipulation, and lack of empathy. It is not formally defined as a mental health condition, but it is a subtype of ...

Labelling someone a psychopath tends to cast them as a social pariah. Like Charles Manson or Hannibal Lecter, they are seen ...

The term "psychopath" is used to describe someone who is callous, unemotional, and morally depraved. Although not an official mental health diagnosis, it is often used in clinical and legal settings ...

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 ...

Some say that we fall in love with a person’s best traits, and we learn to live with their worst. But according to new research, there are certain qualities that prove almost impossible to the latter ...

In 2014, the Belgian psychiatry professor Samuel Leistedt and his 10 colleagues watched hundreds of movies in the name of science.

A few years ago, while we were in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and my kids were home from school full time, my mom graciously volunteered to hang out with them a few days a week so that I could ...

If you’ve ever suspected that your crypto-obsessed friend might be a psychopath, you may be on to something. Digital-asset holders tend to exhibit higher levels of “dark” personality traits such as ...

New research reveals that even the slightest perception of a “dark” personality trait can spell trouble for a relationship. Here’s why. Some say that we fall in love with a person’s best traits, and ...