eternitycoder: ([DV] Little Lord Fauntleroy)
Artemis Fowl II ([personal profile] eternitycoder) wrote 2012-10-04 04:26 am (UTC)

No, you've confused psychopathy with sociopathy, otherwise known as antisocial personality disorder. It's characterized by "A pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood."

There are several criteria by which it's diagnosed. The criteria I display are a lack of remorse towards people I have hurt, mistreated, or stolen from; a failure to conform to social norms, rules, or obligations and repeated instances which could get me arrested as a result of that failure; and receiving pleasure as a result of lying or conning people.

[He pauses trying to read Rikku's face.] I have that section of the DSM-IV memorized.

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