Psychopathy and Interpersonal Harm

Psychopathy represents a personality disorder that is characterized by a pattern of attributes including affectiveand interpersonal features, and impulsive and antisocial behaviors. Although the rates of psychopathic individuals are particularly elevated in correctional settings, psychopathy can be observed also in clinical and community settings. This chapter provides a review of psychopathy models and major personality dimensions involved in its presentation. It specifically provides a detailed guide to using the ICD-11 dimensional model of personality disorders to capture essential features of psychopathy in clinical populations. Finally, a case vignette is provided to help the reader to translate theoretical descriptions of psychopathy-related dimensions and their ICD-11 counterparts into clinical observation of their manifestations.