Thursday, August 27, 2015

Sociopath Next Door : the Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us / Martha Stout 241 p. Self-help

Sociopath Next door / Martha Stout 241 p.

Martha Stout, a 25 year Harvard psychologist, offers this book to help identify sociopaths.  She has spent her career helping people who's lives have been terribly hurt by sociopaths.  A sociopath is one who does not have a conscience.  He or she feels no shame, guilt or remorse for his/her actions.  Surprizing, 4% of the population have this condition.  That is one in 25.  To help put this into perspective, there is one sociopath in every classroom.  Stout proposes a sociopathic-behavior checklist and suggested coping strategies.

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