Wednesday, May 24, 2017

A fascinating article and one that offers some hope that we can actually provide a better outcome with early...

A fascinating article and one that offers some hope that we can actually provide a better outcome with early detection/treatment:


https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/when-your-child-is-a-psychopath/524502/

3 comments:

  1. I thought it was fascinating too. But the idea that treatment is more like training, that a psychopath must constantly, actively choose not to act like a psychopath, is still pretty chilling.

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  2. Leah Bloom Hopefully, that early treatment really is rewiring/strengthening vital neural systems in the brain. Above that, there's the question of what do we do with these people and I'd like there to be an option besides "lock them up forever".

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