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Originally Posted by objtrbit
I think this right here is a good example of why antisocials are not getting the research into the help they need...media and people who do not understand or try to understand the dysfuntion of the disorder-what it was/is like to have the disorder, ect-are simply saying society needs to be rid of them, or they are useless to society...jeez, blah blah blah from
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Originally Posted by Michael the Great
Mind you, Stout is no expert in the field of antisocials, sociopaths, or psychopaths....does nothing to further understanding of the disorder on which it focuses, but propagate the prejudices of the disorder...
Am I being too harsh?
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With the exception of a couple neuropsychologists working out here in California, I haven't seen much in the way of progressive thinking or action in the field for us poor deviants. The overwhelming attitude in the psychological community toward ASPD and psychopathy seems pretty damned unhelpful these days considering the progress being made in other areas, and it's packed with a bunch of people like Stout looking to cash in on the sensationalism and add fuel to the fire.
Back in May I decided to recapture a little taste of graduate school again, hopped on over to my alma mater, and enrolled in an Intro to Psych class for giggles. Listening to the professor's (a practicing clinical psychologist, mind you) tangential rants about sociopaths and psychopaths and how he was educating us on how to protect ourselves from being taken advantage of by these people was....ridiculous. And unprofessional.
He really caught my eye with all that fancy talk, and it's been decades since my last therapy, (if you could even call it that,) so I'm planning on hitting the guy up for some cognitive therapy. He won't have access to my history, so I think it'll be pretty rad. The shiny new start of a beautiful relationship.