Psychopathic Mind (eBook)

J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D., is a diplomate in forensic psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology. Chief of the Court Services, Forensic Mental Health Division for San Diego County, he also devotes time to a private civil and criminal forensic practice, research, writing, and teaching. He is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine; a clinical associate professor of psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego; and an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment and was recently elected President of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. In 1992 he received the Distinguished Contribution to Psychology as a Profession Award from the California Psychological Association.

Part 1 ForewordPart 2 OriginsChapter 3 IntroductionChapter 4 Dynamic and Biologic OriginsChapter 5 Developmental OriginsPart 6 Structure and DynamicsChapter 7 Affective Life and DeathChapter 8 Unconscious Defense and Conscious ChoicePart 9 Violence, Psychosis, and Related StatesChapter 10 Modes of AggressionChapter 11 Psychosis and PsychopathyPart 12 TreatmentChapter 13 Psychotherapeutic IssuesPart 14 Appendix 1: Jonathan Guard — Deception and Denial in PsychopathyPart 15 Appendix 2: Louis Cypher — Paranoid Schizophrenia and PsychopathyPart 16 Appendix 3: The Rorschach Psychodiagnosis of PsychopathyChapter 17 References, Index