Car(n)age
A Psychopathic Love Story
psychopath n. person suffering from chronic mental disorder especially with abnormal social behaviour; mentally or emotionally unstable person; psychopathic.
story n. account of imaginary or past events, narrative, tale, anecdote; past course of life of person or institution; facts or experience that deserve narration.
Abstract: A new classification of psychopathic personality
J Savinien
La Clinique D’Arcachon, Bordeaux
The personality profiles of 144 non-psychotic male offenders admitted to a secure hospital were subjected to a cluster analysis. Four profile types were generated, classifying four-fifths of the sample, and differences were found between the types in previous antisocial behaviour. Three of the types were identifiable as primary, secondary and dyssocial psychopaths, while the remaining type showed little resemblance to the concept of the psychopathic personality. The primary psychopaths were extroverted but not neurotic, while the secondary and dyssocial psychopaths were neurotic, but not extroverted. The primary psychopaths were charming and outwardly calm, while the secondary and dyssocial psychopaths were highly impulsive but distinguished by a dimension of sociability-withdrawal and tendency towards violence and low boredom threshold requiring thrill seeking.
Académie française de la psychiatrie 339:74
carnage n. great slaughter, especially in battle.
575443/A4/S3/99: Camera 3—transcript of fatal RTA
Traffic Division, Thames Valley Police
A4 Slough-Maidenhead 16-08-99, 0953. Transcript report of observing officer…BMW M535 crossed westbound red light 8 seconds after change and impacted with Rover Metro travelling southbound. Speed of BMW at impact 87 mph, vehicle reported stolen 14-08-99. Female driver and baby passenger of Rover pronounced dead at scene. Details withheld pending relative contact. Male driver of BMW uninjured. Identified as Roscoe Philip Hatfield, 27, unemployed. History file > Hatfield, Roscoe Philip DOB 19-05-76. Previous convictions—motor vehicle theft, GBH, ABH. Curently banned driver. Held at YPU Broadmoor 12-03-97 > 24-03-98…
The Primary Psychopath
Primary psychopaths are the true psychopaths. When someone is asked to come up with a mental picture of a psychopath, it will, more than likely, be that of the primary psychopath. “He or she is unique: neither neurotic, psychotic, nor emotionally disturbed as commonly believed. Primary psychopaths are usually not volcanically explosive, violent, nor extremely destructive. They are more apt to be outgoing, charming, and verbally proficient” (Bartol, 1995,p.59). In other words, they are calm and collected. They can control their tempers and appear as though they have everything under control. Furthermore, primary psychopaths are held to be “callous, manipulative, massively selfish, and routinely untruthful…” (Levenson, Kiehl, Fitzpatrick, 1995, p.151). They are actors, meaning that they can convey with gusto and immense feeling almost anything they feel may warrant the emotion. However, it is just an act. While commonly attaining positions of influence and power, primary psychopaths are incapable of experiencing any form of emotional content.
Encyclopedia of Psychology
Abstract: A new approach to the treatment of secondary and dyssocial psychopaths with a history of violence
JB Hoogstram and VK Smith
Henry Bafford Hospital, Glasgow
The ability of 27 patients with a history of violence and diagnosed as secondary and dyssocial psychopaths to respond to treatment was tested by subjecting them to Car Media Therapy (CMT). Patients underwent CMT for a period of 3 months. Results indicate that previous impulsive and spontaneously violent behaviour in 16 patients was measurably reduced. A corresponding increase in the interest in and preoccupation with car culture of these patients was observed.
The Review of Psychiatry 248
