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Posted on March 21, 2011February 3, 2022 By psychopathicwritings

I found a most interesting article that reviews some startling new theories about Psychopathy:

New research by Joseph P. Newman at the University of Wisconsin suggests that an attention deficit, rather than an inability to feel emotion, may be what makes people psychopaths.

Come again? Isn’t that what we learn about ADD and ADHD?

A little further the article continues:

Of course, as Newman notes in a New Scientist news piece, one of the hallmark problems surrounding psychopathy, aside from clinical definition, is that it is ostensibly untreatable. The implication here appears to be that if the Newman hypothesis proved correct, psychopathy would be treatable in a manner similar to a “learning disability”. Given the use of language such as “distraction” and “attention-related deficit” throughout the news piece, it would appear these researchers are suggesting that some ADHD-like symptoms are present in psychopaths with respect to moral feelings. This definitional move would then presumably make the condition treatable by stimulants such as Adderal and Ritalin. It will be interesting to see whether this implied turn into the pharmaceutical magisterium will be continued by further studies, and whether these taken collectively will result in psychopathy’s inclusion as a psychiatrically legitimated, treatable mental disorder in the upcoming DSM-V.

Whereas there are valid points brought forth the author of this article, the hypothesis he refers to is absolutely stunning.

Guys, there is HOPE after all. What we need is a good daily supply of amphetamine!

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