PSYCHOPATH:Manipulation, Con Men and Relationship Fraud is an informative book written by Jefferey Dawson.
In addition to the Introduction and the
Conclusion, the book has fifteen very interesting chapters. The author gives
the definition of personality as well as the factors that affect the
personality of an individual and the causes of personality disorders.
The book also enumerates various
personality disorders which are divided into three clusters: Cluster A: Paranoid, Schizoid,
and Schizotypal Personality Disorder; Cluster B: Antisocial
(Psychopath), Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder; Cluster C: Avoidant, Dependent,
and Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder.
The author discusses the symptoms of a
psychopath and the pre-psychopathic child, and includes the professions that
the psychopaths find attractive. He also presents a few case studies.
This is a very interesting, informative,
and helpful book. By giving a detailed description of how a psychopath thinks
and behaves, the author is able to give the readers an idea on how to spot a
psychopath and by describing the worldview of a psychopath, he is able to
emphasize how devastating and dangerous it is to live with one.
The book is, fortunately, concise and very
easy to read and understand, and except for a short part that includes some
statistics in the first chapter, everything about this book is quite
interesting and, probably, relatable to a lot of people. Except for several
noticeable errors, I like everything about this book.
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