Talk:Psychopathy
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Very recently, while reading this article, I stumbled upon the Sociopathy section under History. I was surprised to see it focuses heavily on the relation of psychopathy to the diagnostic conceptualization ofantisocial PD as described in theAlternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders, which, incidentally I published an article on (<= the one linked to) two weeks ago. Naturally, I decided to wikilink to it, and I also made a few minor changes. This got me thinking, though, "why is this information included under Sociopathy?". I find it very unclear in which way this has anything to do with sociopathy, or even really the history of psychopathy, as the AMPD is a very recent model, introduced in theDSM-5. This is an important article and I don't want to do anything too radical, but wouldn't it make much more sense for the AMPD-related stuff to be included under Diagnosis, as the AMPD is notable in this regard due to it actually at least almost having psychopathy as a specifier to ASPD?BlockArranger (talk)18:43, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It is notable that the image under "Criminality" features exclusively men of colour. Perhaps a more diverse image of a prison population could be chosen?Jestaniforth (talk)14:51, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
While there are questions surrounding the medicalization of psychopathy, would there be any opposition to rearranging this article in accordance withWP:MEDSECTIONS, as I think that layout is rather good? I have not looked into this article's history thoroughly enough, but this would depend on whether the current state is the result of a weak push towards standardization or it having crumbled over time, or of a deliberate decision to do things differently in this article.BlockArranger (talk)22:55, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
