Essays on Clinical Psychology

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Psychopathy as Victim of Cinematograph: Psychopaths in Film

6 pages / 2801 words

Films have always been a powerful medium to express ideas, evoke emotions, and start conversations. They are an integral part of our culture, helping to construct our views. It has been suggested that their widespread accessibility in today’s world through streaming services makes films have...

Movie Review Psychological Disorders Psychopaths

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Psychopaths and Their Emotional Detachment from Society

3 pages / 1446 words

Introduction The pervasive issue of psychopathy and criminal behavior has long been a concern worldwide, spanning centuries of human history. Understanding how to identify and prevent psychopathy is contingent upon comprehending the complex mindset of individuals afflicted with this condition. The enigmatic nature of psychopaths,...

Psychopaths

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Development of a Terrorist’s Mentality: Religion, Mental Illness of Psychopathy and DNA

4 pages / 1959 words

People usually say that terrorists have a healthy mentality and just do it for enjoyment, but most of them actually have factors that lead to them committing those crimes. Many people relate active-shooters and terrorists with the mental illness of psychopathy, and there is much...

Mental Health Psychological Disorders Psychopaths

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Impact of Adverse Childhood Experience in Late Adulthood 

3 pages / 1268 words

Over the past few years, the range of research on human development has expanded from primarily focusing on child development to the inclusion of adult development. This new scope of research has opened up a multitude of questions regarding the physiological, behavioral, and psychological changes...

Childhood Experience Psychoanalysis

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Psychoanalytical Pathway to Kafka on The Shore

6 pages / 2535 words

The world around us is woven not only of economic ups and downs, revolutions and wars but also made up of the beings we are. It is made of the thought process we carry, our dilemmas, inner struggles and psyche. From reality to fiction psychoanalysis...

Kafka on The Shore Psychoanalysis

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Importance of Art in Our Life: Influencing Healthcare

6 pages / 2863 words

The tradition of integrating healthcare and art has a long and profound history; it can be traced far back to when the first hospitals grew out of hostels run by the church for pilgrims and other travelers. In order to understand the development and importance...

Art Therapy

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The Psychoanalysis of Lewis Carroll

4 pages / 1941 words

Lewis Carroll’s rough childhood and wild imagination are both represented in the novels he wrote. Because of this, his stories appeal to both children and adults. When a reader picks up a copy of Alice in Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass and What Alice...

Alice in Wonderland Psychoanalysis

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Psychological Analysis of Alice in Wonderland

4 pages / 1812 words

Lewis Carroll’s wondrous story, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, is somewhat familiar with practically anyone. The intricate use of a young girl’s, Alice’s, dream state and imagination are put together, colliding in the most bizarre yet alluring ways. An almost unclear storyline to many, Alice begins...

Alice in Wonderland Psychoanalysis

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How Traumatic Childhood Events Are a Baseline for Criminal Behavior: Serial Killers

3 pages / 1411 words

It has been proven in multiple studies that an individual is greatly affected by the traumatic childhood events that may be present in their life. These traumatic events range from a lesser extent such as a car crash but can be as great an extent...

Psychopaths Serial Killer

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Highlights Upon The Case of Aileen Wuornos

2 pages / 1029 words

Introduction The 1990s were marked by the shocking emergence of a woman who would later be known as America’s first female serial killer. Aileen Wuornos, born in Troy, Michigan, murdered seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990 while working as a prostitute. This essay...

Psychopaths Serial Killer

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Aileen Wuornos’s Seven Murders

2 pages / 855 words

Serial Killers are an entirely special breed of people and there is some controversy about if they can benefit from rehabilitation and be placed back into society. Their killings are violent, and sadistic, and have a general lack of empathy for their victims. These types...

Criminal Behavior Psychopaths Serial Killer

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The Impact of Repression on The Unconscious Mind

1 page / 626 words

Introduction Repression is the consent where a person goes through a traumatic experience, leading the individual to unconsciously push the information out of consciousness and become unaware of its existence, repressing them and leaving them in the unconscious mind. Sigmund Freud discusses repression extensively in...

Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud Unconscious mind

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The Relationship Between Psychopathy and Criminal Behaviour

5 pages / 2255 words

This essay shall focus solely on the relationship between psychopathy and criminal behaviour. To begin with, the essay shall offer a clear definition of psychopathy and its tendencies along with its prevalence and the way it is assessed. Next, the Attachment and Arousal theories of...

Attachment Theory Criminal Behavior Psychopaths

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A Research on Child Psychopathy and Brain Imaging

6 pages / 2505 words

Introduction Psychopathy is one of the most complex disorders to spot in an individual. Diagnosis can begin in early youth. Children are first noted to have psychopathic traits or tendencies. These traits often overlap with Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Psychopathic traits are, typically,...

Psychological Disorders Psychopaths

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Emotional Deficit in Patients with Psychopathy: a Literature Review

4 pages / 1816 words

Psychopathy is a form of severe personality disorder (APA, 2013; Blair et al., 2004). Dean and colleagues (2013) indicate that psychopathy is divided into two subgroups. Primary psychopathy (factor 1) is characterised by an emotional detachment which manifests in callousness and poor empathy. Secondary psychopathy...

Psychiatry Psychopaths

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A Research on Reduced Fear in Psychopathy

4 pages / 1614 words

Abstract This paper analyzes three published articles pertaining to research conducted on the functional impairment of reduced fear in those with psychopathy, a multidimensional construct characterized by emotional deficits and an increased risk of antisocial behaviors. These articles, however, vary in their methods of studying...

Psychological Disorders Psychopaths

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How Psychopathy Can Be Seen as Conditional Defense Mechanism

5 pages / 2255 words

Evolutionarily speaking, mutations that are detrimental to a species eventually die out through the process of natural selection. Thus, if a trait has no adaptive qualities whatsoever, it will cease to exist. It is essential to keep that in mind when examining the evolutionary adaptations...

Psychiatry Psychological Disorders Psychopaths

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A Research on Whether Criminal Psychopaths Are Born Or Made

7 pages / 3308 words

Introduction Introduction: A psychopath is a ‘’narcissistic and antisocial personality disordered sort of individual who has an easy time manipulating and harming other people because he doesn’t much empathize with them.’’ (Mark Dombeck, n.d.). Thesis statement: The purpose of this essay is to delve into...

Nature Versus Nurture Psychopaths

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Psycopathy and Crime: Analysis of The Case of Jeffrey Macdonald

6 pages / 2597 words

Introduction Jeffrey MacDonald, born on October 12, 1943, to Mac and Dorothy Macdonald in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York. During trial later down the road, Dorothy would testify that Jeffrey’s birthday was actually in 1942 but Jeffrey insisted that it was instead in...

Psychological Disorders Psychopaths