29 - Anti-Social Personality Disorder, Psychopaths and Sociopaths - description and theory

This week on Two Shrinks Pod we're looking at the darker side of human nature. Hunter & Amy chat about the diagnosis of Anti-Social Personality Disorder, psychopaths and sociopaths. Lump Hannibal Lector and The Grinch (pre-heart growth) into the same camp and get nerdy over theory. We lighten things up at the end with a chat about the (perfectly normal) brain reasons Amy sees faces in things and blame Hunter's snacking on social influence. Join us next time for a chat about ASPD treatment!

Background reading:

Personality Disorders in Modern Life, 2nd Edn. Millon & colleagues
ASPD vs Psychopathy: Bartol & Bartol
Psychopathy & ASPD in an Australian sample, Ogloff et al - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15228932.2016.1177281
Reoffending in Australian prison samples, the role of Psychopathy & APD -  http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0306624X16653193
Gender differences in ASPD - http://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0031681

Cases:

The Grinch - https://www.psychologyinaction.org/psychology-in-action-1/2013/10/31/personality-disorders-in-the-media 
Gary Gilmore – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gilmore
Harold Shipman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Shipman
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/7897767/Harold-Shipman-thought-he-was-boring-letters-show.html

TWCA

Seeing Jesus in toast - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945214000288
Channing tater - https://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/potatoes-that-look-like-channing-tatum?utm_term=.hblmZYEev#.gpopYQezZ 
The Fitzroy Diaries – http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/features/the-fitzroy-diaries/
Chocolate ripple biscuits
Social snacking -  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29154607