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Public Health Considerations in Psychopathy

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The Complexity of Psychopathy

Part of the book series: Dangerous Behavior in Clinical and Forensic Psychology ((DBCFP))

Abstract

Public health is a discipline that aims to ensure health, safety, and wellbeing for the entire population. Psychopathy, a personality construct relevant to public health because of its link to injurious violence. However, there are other means by which psychopathy impedes the public health which have gone largely unaddressed. This is likely because psychopathy has primarily been viewed through a criminal justice lens. This singular focus has hindered efforts to develop prevention strategies for psychopathy and the adverse outcomes with which it is associated. In this chapter, we argue that adopting a public health framework for psychopathy will not only elucidate the full magnitude of its health impact, but also inspire innovation in the way we work to ameliorate said impact. We consider the importance of viewing and addressing psychopathy through a public health lens to facilitate the development of appropriate goals for its prevention, treatment, and management as both a means of preventing violent crime and promoting health.

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    Tests of mean differences and effects were not reported in the published article. We computed them based on presented descriptive data.

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    Effects sizes were computed based on published descriptive data.

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Reidy, D.E., Bogen, K.W. (2022). Public Health Considerations in Psychopathy. In: Vitale, J.E. (eds) The Complexity of Psychopathy. Dangerous Behavior in Clinical and Forensic Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83156-1_22

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