What is the real difference between a psychopath, a sociopath, and antisocial personality disorder?

In this episode, I respond to Dr. Ramani’s claim that “psychopaths are born and sociopaths are made” and explain why that framing is far too simplistic. I also explain why cold psychopaths unsettle us so much and how antisocial personality disorder fits into this,.

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00:00 Forensic psychiatry and the fascination with psychopaths

01:17 Psychopaths, sociopaths, and antisocial personality disorder

03:53 What they all share

04:20 Cold psychopathy and hot psychopathy

06:00 The problem with “wired differently”

09:13 The myth of born versus made

10:18 Early signs and extreme trait expression

10:44 The cold psychopath profile

11:30 Why cold psychopaths unsettle us

12:00 Hot psychopathy

13:00 The Dark Tetrad

16:17 Why psychopaths seem inhuman

18:01 ASPD versus psychopathy

19:05 Why sociopathy is not a separate diagnosis

19:57 Male bias in the discussion of psychopathy