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GRANT T. HARRIS MARNIE  E. RICE   Can  psychopaths  be  treated?  In  this  chapter, we evaluate the empirical evidence on the treatment of psychopaths. We concentrate  on  treatment  for  criminal  psychopaths and intervention strategies in which efforts to re- duce criminal and violent behavior are at least part of the protocol. Without denying the importance of other psychopathic char- acteristics, criminal and violent behaviors  are clearly the most important outcomes from a social policy perspective. We do not discuss treatment…

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Mental illness and violent behavior: the role of dissociation Aliya R. Webermann Bethany L. Brand Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation20174:2 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-017-0053-9 ©  The Author(s). 2017 Received: 30 October 2016 Accepted: 13 January 2017 Published: 23 January 2017 Abstract Background The role of mental illness in violent crime is elusive, and there are harmful stereotypes that mentally ill people are frequently violent criminals. Studies find greater psychopathology among violent offenders, especially convicted homicide offenders, and higher rates of violence perpetration and victimization among those with mental illness. Emotion dysregulation may be…

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Int Clin Psychopharmacol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 Nov 1. Published in final edited form as: Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2011 Nov; 26(6): 329–337. doi:  10.1097/YIC.0b013e32834b80df PMCID: PMC3202964 NIHMSID: NIHMS322234 The Effects of Sertraline on Psychopathic Traits Boadie W. Dunlop,1 Jared A. DeFife,1 Lauren Marx,1 Steven J. Garlow,1 Charles B. Nemeroff,2 and Scott O. Lilienfeld1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Int Clin Psychopharmacol See other articles…

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  Lacy Milonas Bipolar: Diagnosis to Treatment   Bipolar (BD) is a manic-depressive disorder characterized by the presence of mood swings between manic or hypomanic episodes, and major depressive episodes. BD effects approximately 2.6% of the adult U.S. population, and approximately 1.8% of the U.S. pediatric population (Halfon, Labelle, Cohen, Guilé, & Breton, 2013). Those suffering from BD are at an estimated 15-fold increased risk for suicide compared to those not afflicted by BD (Muralidharan, Kotwicki, Cowperthwait, & Craighead, 2015)….

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    Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive All Theses and Dissertations 2016-03-01   Towards Dimensionality in Psychosis: A Conceptual Analysis of the Dimensions of Psychosis Symptom Severity Jessica Abigail Carmona Brigham Young University   Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the Psychology Commons   BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Carmona, Jessica Abigail, “Towards Dimensionality in Psychosis: A Conceptual Analysis of the Dimensions of Psychosis Symptom Severity” (2016). All Theses and Dissertations. 6203. http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6203   This Thesis is brought to…

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    by Farid Chakhssi, Ph.D., Corine de Ruiter, Ph.D., & David Bernstein, Ph.D. Editor’s note: Drs. Chakhssi, de Ruiter, and Bernstein recently published an article, along with their co-author Dr. Truus Kersten, titled “Treating the untreatable: A single case study of a psychopathic inpatient treated with schema therapy” in Psychotherapy. Chakhssi, F., de Ruiter, C., & Bernstein,B. (2014, November). Psychotherapy for individuals with psychopathy/antisocial personality disorder: A new frontier. [Web Article]. Retrieved from http://www.societyforpsychotherapy.org/psychotherapy-for-individuals-with-psychopathy-antisocial-personality-disorder   Can individuals with psychopathy be treated? From…

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