The Psychopath Inside (23 page)

insula,
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intermediate stream,
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–54

interpersonal factor,
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IQ,
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irresponsibility,
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–13,
14

Irwin, Florence Scoma (Aunt Flo),
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132

Jack, Anthony,
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–26

Jamison, Kay Redfield,
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Jews, persecution of,
70

John Lackland, king of England,
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Kennedy, John F., assassination of,
151
–52

Kenya, author's research in,
142
–44

Kiehl, Kent,
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,
220

Killed Strangely: The Death of Rebecca Cornell
(Crane),
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–68

King John: England's Evil King?
(Turner),
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Kissinger, Henry,
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Kissinger, Walter,
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Kitum Caves,
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–58

Landau, Lev,
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language, brain function in,
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Lecter, Hannibal (character),
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letters, criticism of author in,
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–96

Libertarians,
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–41,
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brain circuits and genetics of,
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–65

limbic system,
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love,
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romantic,
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–35,
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lying,
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Macciardi, Fabio,
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–10,
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McClintock, Barbara,
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McDermott, Rose,
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Macdonald, John,
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Madoff, Bernie,
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–19

magical thinking,
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,
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major depressive disorder (MDD),
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,
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males:

as psychopaths,
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–16,
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warrior gene in,
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–82,
97

mania,
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,
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,
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–79,
182

manic-depression,
see
bipolar disorder

manipulation,
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15
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16
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–37,
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–55,
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–18,
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MAOA (gene),
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–74,
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–82,
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MAO-A (enzyme),
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84

MAO-B (enzyme),
78

Marburg virus,
154
–55,
157

Mary Beth (author's former friend),
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–98

Mayberg, Helen,
175

“MedGene” project,
115

melancholic depression,
178

memory,
49
,
52
,
75
,
123
,
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,
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“memory of the future,”
52
–53

Mendel, Gregor,
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“Mental Illness: Bipolar Disorder and Depression,”
169

metabolomics,
89

methyl,
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Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas,
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Mike (Diane's brother),
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–33

MIND Institute,
60

Mirren, Simon,
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–12

mirror neuron system,
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–45,
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Missionary Position, The
(Hitchens),
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Moffitt, Terri,
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–81

monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs),
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monoamines,
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–79,
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–100,
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–83,
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morality,
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–17

author's view of,
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–29,
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–11,
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brain function and,
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–55,
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Morocco,
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–16

Morris, Dick,
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motor cortex,
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murderers:

brain damage in,
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brain scans of,
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–2,
19
,
44
–47

psychopathic,
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,
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–85,
208

psychotic,
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–85

serial,
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19
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mutation, genetic,
73
–74

Naik, Gautam,
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–12

Nairobi,
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narcissism,
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,
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,
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narcissistic personality disorder,
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,
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,
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nature vs. nurture,
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,
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author's evolving view of,
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–7,
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–40,
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–6,
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–25

neocortex,
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“Neuroanatomical Background to Understanding the Brain of a Young Psychopath” (James Fallon),
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neuronal loops,
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neurotransmitters,
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–80,
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see also
specific transmitters

non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,
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norepinephrine,
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nurturing,
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–26

of children,
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obesity,
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obsessions,
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obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD),
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of author,
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–18,
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old age,
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orbital cortex,
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Orchid children,
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Oslo, Norway, symposium at,
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–70,
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–74,
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–77,
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Ottersen, Ole Petter,
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“Outfoxed,”
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–12

oxytocin,
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pair bonding,
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panic attacks,
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of author,
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–35,
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,
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,
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parahippocampal cortices,
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parenting,
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–5,
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–26

Parkinson's disease,
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partying, by author,
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–36,
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–36,
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pathophysiology,
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perfectionism,
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–29

personality:

character vs.,
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–88

genetic basis of,
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Pesci, Joe,
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phenotype-genotype analysis,
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–76

planning,
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politics, author's,
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–41,
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,
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–65,
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pop culture, psychopaths portrayed in,
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–15,
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positron emission tomography (PET),
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–45,
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–15,
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posterior cortex,
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–51,
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postpartum depression (PPD),
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post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
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prefrontal cortex,
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–54,
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–24,
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disorders of,
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–76,
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maturation of,
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–101,
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premotor cortex,
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Preston, Richard,
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promoters,
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–74,
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protein,
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Prozac,
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psychoanalysis,
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–25

psychometric testing,
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Psychopath Lite,
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,
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psychopathy, psychopaths:

author's evolving theory of,
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–62,
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in author's family history,
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–72,
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,
105
,
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–13,
221

in business and finance,
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–20

casual use of term,
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characteristics indicative of,
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–17,
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–85,
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–26,
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,
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–54,
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–200,
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–7,
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–17,
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comorbidity in,
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,
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evolutionary purpose of,
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–27

factors other than brain function in,
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–106

four factors of,
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–13,
16
,
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,
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genetics in,
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–89,
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–25

inadequate definition and diagnosis of,
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limited understanding of,
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–20,
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–77

mitigation of,
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–212,
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–26

pop culture portrayals of,
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–15,
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“prosocial,”
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societal benefits of,
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–24

testing for,
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Psychopathy Checklist, Revised (PCL-R; Psychopath Test; Hare's Checklist),
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psychotic major depression (PMD),
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rape,
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recklessness,
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–37,
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–24

as danger to others,
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–58,
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–200,
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“regular guy”:

author as,
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–32,
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psychopath's appearance as,
14
,
15
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16
–17,
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religion:

author's abandonment of,
40
,
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,
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–35,
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,
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,
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belief in,
53
,
146
,
184

see also
Catholicism

remorse, lack of,
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14
,
17
,
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,
225

retrotransposons,
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revenge,
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,
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–201,
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–20

risk taking,
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–19