The Mask Of Sanity
An Attempt To Clarify Some Issues About the So-Called Psychopathic Personality 3rd Edition
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Publisher Description
Originally published in 1941 under the title Mask of Sanity: An Attempt to Clarify Some Issues About the So-Called Psychopathic Personality, this influential book became a landmark in psychiatric case studies and was repeatedly revised, expanded and reprinted in subsequent editions—here we present the 3rd edition published in 1955.
The Mask of Sanity is distinguished by its central thesis that the psychopath exhibits normal function according to standard psychiatric criteria, yet privately engages in destructive behavior. The book was intended to assist with detection and diagnosis of the elusive psychopath for purposes of palliation and offered no cure for the condition itself. The idea of a master deceiver secretly possessed of no moral or ethical restraints, yet behaving in public with excellent function, electrified American society and led to heightened interest in both psychological introspection and the detection of hidden psychopaths in society at large, leading to a refinement of the word itself into what was perceived to be a less stigmatizing term, “sociopath”.
Customer Reviews
You can’t fix what you didn’t break
That’s my takeaway but ‘knew’ that going into it. Bought the ebook ages ago and was ‘reading’ it slowly, as it’s dense, quite lovely so by the way, and was delighted to see it finally make it into audio form so picked up where last ‘reading’ to finish it quicker. The only thing we can do, when we can afford to or have a way to, is to remove ourselves from them. No ‘help’ support, whatever, will work to rehabilitate someone not habilitated. Well read, and ‘directed’ by publisher. Recommended for any who enjoy pondering the criminal and not so criminal mind.