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Introduction
The term psychopathy comes from
the German word psychopastiche,
the
Introduction
The term psychopathy comes from
the German word psychopastiche,
the first use of which is generally credited to the German psychiatrist J.L.A.
Koch in 1888, and which literally means suffering soul to emphasize the
disorders of personalities in patients (Hughes 2007)[1]. Koch
described “psychopathic inferiority” and coined the very first symptoms as instrumentally
impulsive individuals with poor behavioral controls who callously and
remorselessly bleed others for purely selfish reasons via manipulation,
intimidation, and violence (Koch 1888)[2].
Koch also demanded that the individuals in question should not be punished as
hard as people without this disorder by the courts, and proposed to open up
special institutions beside the usual prisons, which opened the discussions of
psychopathy in criminology (Gutmann 2006)[3].
The popularization of psychopathy was then brough by Clecky in 1941 in his
book, mask of insanity where symptoms of psychopathy involved and definition of
psychopathy was evaluated in a different social context(Clecky 1941)[4].
According to Clecky and Hare, psychopathy is a disorder characterized in part
by shallow emotional responses, lack of empathy, impulsivity, and an increased
likelihood for antisocial behavior (Cleckley, 1941; Hare, 1996).
Is psychopathy a psychiatric term? How is it different from coronary
artery disease or leprae?
[1]
Hervé, Hugues. 2007. “Psychopathy Across the Ages: A History of the Hare
Psychopath.” In The Psychopath: Theory, Research, and Practice, 1st ed., 31–55.
Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315085470-2.
[2] Koch,
J. L. A. Kurzgefaßter Leitfaden der Psychiatrie: Mit Rücksichtnahme auf die
Bedürfnisse der Studirenden, der practischen Aerzte und der Gerichtsärzte. 2nd
ed. Ravensburg: Dom, 1889. First published 1888.
[3] Gutmann,
P. 2006. “Julius Ludwig August Koch (1841-1908): Psychiater, Philosoph und
Christ.” Würzburger Medizinhistorische Mitteilungen 25 (2006): 215-30.
PMID: 17333864. [Article in German]
[4] Cleckley,
Hervey. The Mask of Sanity. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 1941.
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