From WikipediaPsychopathy (
/sa?'k?p??i/[1][2]) was, until 1980, the term used for a
personality disorder characterized by an abnormal lack of
empathy combined with strongly
amoral conduct but masked by an ability to appear outwardly normal. The publication of the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders third edition (DSM-III) changed the name of this
mental disorder to
Antisocial Personality Disorder,and also broadened the diagnostic criteria considerably by shiftingfrom clinical inferences to behavioral diagnostic criteria.
[3] However, the
DSM-Vworking party is recommending a revision of Antisocial PersonalityDisorder to include "Antisocial/Psychopathic Type", with the diagnosticcriteria having a greater emphasis on character than on behavior.
[4] The
ICD-10 diagnostic criteria of the
World Health Organization also lacks psychopathy as a personality disorder, its 1992 manual including
Dissocial (Antisocial) Personality Disorder, which encompasses amoral, antisocial, asocial, psychopathic, and sociopathic personalities.