DISTRIBUTION OF PSYCHOPATHIC FEATURES IN SOCIETY

Abstract

This article is the third and last in a series of our articles on psychopathy. The introduction emphasizes the importance of identifying and classifying preclinical stages of psychopathy. All discussion is conducted within the framework of an expert approach to the diagnosis of psychopathy. The second part of the article describes in detail the construction of the distribution curve of psychopathy in society and discusses a number of features of this curve, which is not a probability distribution curve in ordinary statistical practice. The third part of the article is devoted to the causes of the appearance of psychopathy and psychopathic traits among members of society. The fourth part of the article examines the available methods for the correction of psychopathy and psychopathic conditions, primarily in children. The fifth part, at a referential level, examines the relatively recently identified special psychological (psychiatric) state called the Dark Triad. In order to evaluate a person within the framework of this approach, in particular, the presence of psychopathic traits at the preclinical level of their manifestation is necessary. The conclusion considers the significance of the presence in society of people possessing all three features of the Dark Triad, two of them or even one feature.