The mask of sanity : an attempt to clarify some issues about the so-called psychopatic personality / by Hervey M. Cleckley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cleckley, Hervey M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisocial personality disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (554 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Picker Partners Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

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".

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION

PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION

SECTION 1-AN OUTLINE OF THE PROBLEM

Chapter 1-SANITY: A PROTEAN CONCEPT

Chapter 2-TRADITIONS THAT OBSCURE OUR SUBJECT

Chapter 3-NOT AS SINGLE SPIES BUT IN BATTALIONS

Chapter 4-METHOD OF PRESENTATION

SECTION 2-THE MATERIAL

PART 1-The Disorder in Full Clinical Manifestation

Chapter 5-MAX

Chapter 6-ROBERTA

Chapter 7-ARNOLD

Chapter 8-TOM

Chapter 9-GEORGE

Chapter 10-PIERRE

Chapter 11-FRANK

Chapter 12-ANNA

Chapter 13-JACK

Chapter 14-CHESTER

Chapter 15-WALTER

Chapter 16-JOE

Chapter 17-MILT

PART 2-Incomplete Manifestations or Suggestions of the Disorder

Chapter 18-DEGREES OF DISGUISE IN ESSENTIAL PATHOLOGY

Chapter 19-THE PSYCHOPATH AS BUSINESS MAN

Chapter 20-THE PSYCHOPATH AS MAN OF THE WORLD

Chapter 21-THE PSYCHOPATH AS GENTLEMAN

Chapter 22-THE PSYCHOPATH AS SCIENTIST

Chapter 23-THE PSYCHOPATH AS PHYSICIAN

Chapter 24-THE PSYCHOPATH AS PSYCHIATRIST

SECTION 3-CATALOGING THE MATERIAL

PART 1-Orientation

Chapter 25-CONCEPTUAL CONFUSIONS WHICH CLOUD THE SUBJECT

Chapter 26-CLARIFYING THE APPROACH

PART 2-A Comparison With Other Disorders

Chapter 27-PURPOSE OF THIS STEP

Chapter 28-THE PSYCHOTIC (References 79, 199, 203)

Chapter 29-DEVIATIONS RECOGNIZED AS SIMILAR TO THE PSYCHOSES BUT REGARDED AS INCOMPLETE OR LESS SEVERE REACTIONS

Chapter 30-THE PSYCHONEUROTIC

Chapter 31-THE MENTAL DEFECTIVE

Chapter 32-THE ORDINARY CRIMINAL

Chapter 33-OTHER CHARACTER AND BEHAVIOR DISORDERS, INCLUDING DELINQUENCY, ETC.

Chapter 34-A CASE SHOWING CIRCUMSCRIBED BEHAVIOR DISORDER

Chapter 35-SPECIFIC HOMOSEXUALITY AND OTHER CONSISTENT SEXUAL DEVIATIONS

Chapter 36-THE ERRATIC MAN OF GENIUS

Chapter 37-THE INJUDICIOUS HEDONIST AND SOME OTHER DRINKERS.

Chapter 38-THE CLINICAL ALCOHOLIC

Chapter 39-THE MALINGERER

Chapter 40-FICTIONAL CHARACTERS OF PSYCHIATRIC INTEREST

PART 3-A Clinical Profile

Chapter 41-SYNOPSIS AND ORIENTATION

Chapter 42-1. SUPERFICIAL CHARM AND GOOD "INTELLIGENCE"

Chapter 43-2. ABSENCE OF DELUSIONS AND OTHER SIGNS OF IRRATIONAL THINKING

Chapter 44-3. ABSENCE OF "NERVOUSNESS" OR PSYCHONEUROTIC MANIFESTATIONS

Chapter 45-4. UNRELIABILITY

Chapter 46-5. UNTRUTHFULNESS AND INSINCERITY

Chapter 47-6. LACK OF REMORSE OR SHAME

Chapter 48-7. INADEQUATELY MOTIVATED ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

Chapter 49-8. POOR JUDGMENT AND FAILURE TO LEARN BY EXPERIENCE

Chapter 50-9. PATHOLOGIC EGOCENTRICITY AND INCAPACITY FOR LOVE

Chapter 51-10. GENERAL POVERTY IN MAJOR AFFECTIVE REACTIONS

Chapter 52-11. SPECIFIC LOSS OF INSIGHT

Chapter 53-12. UNRESPONSIVENESS IN GENERAL INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS

Chapter 54-13 FANTASTIC AND UNINVITING BEHAVIOR WITH DRINK AND SOMETIMES WITHOUT

Chapter 55-14. SUICIDE RARELY CARRIED OUT

Chapter 56-15. SEX LIFE IMPERSONAL, TRIVIAL, AND POORLY INTEGRATED

Chapter 57-16. FAILURE TO FOLLOW ANY LIFE PLAN

SECTION 4-AN ATTEMPT AT INTERPRETATION

PART 1-What Is Wrong With These Patients?

Chapter 58-A BASIC HYPOTHESIS

Chapter 59-THE CONCEPT OF MASKED PERSONALITY DISORDER

Chapter 60-HYPOTHESIS APPLIED TO THE MATERIAL

Chapter 61-THE FACTOR OF REGRESSION

PART 2-Etiological Considerations

Chapter 62-INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCES

Chapter 63-CAUSAL RELATIONS

Chapter 64-SURMISE AND EVIDENCE

SECTION 5-WHAT CAN BE DONE?

Chapter 65-ILLNESS AND MISCONDUCT

Chapter 66-LEGAL COMPETENCY AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

Chapter 67-A PLEA FOR MORE THAN ABSENT-TREATMENT

Chapter 68-A GLIMPSE OF THE PROMISED LAND

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78625-839-0

OCLC:

974591594