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The Mask of Sanity is a book by American psychiatrist Hervey M. Cleckley, describing his clinical interviews with psychopathic patients. It is considered a seminal work on psychopathy and its characteristics, such as the lack of internal personality structure and the ability to mask normal behavior.
The Mask of Sanity: An Attempt to Clarify Some Issues About the So-Called Psychopathic Personality is a book written by American psychiatrist Hervey M. Cleckley, first published in 1941, describing Cleckley's clinical interviews with patients in a locked institution.
(ASIN:"The Mask of Sanity, 5th edition, Hard Cover") This 5th edition is an absolute masterpiece of a pychiatrist's life work that began when he first encountered the psychopath in a closed institutional hospital setting, which could not even begin to do anything for him.
With The Mask of Sanity, Cleckley created one of the great mythic figures of the American imagination. The psychopath was a monster who walks among us, wearing the face of a human but devoid of an ...
A classic book by Hervey Cleckley, M.D., who observed and analyzed the characteristics and behavior of psychopaths. He coined the term semantic to describe the central deficiency or disability of this personality disorder, which is now called antisocial personality disorder.
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...
Published in 1941, this book by Hervey M. Cleckley is the most influential work on psychopathic personality of the twentieth-century. It describes the mask of sanity that psychopaths wear to...
A review of Hervey Cleckley's seminal work on psychopathic personalities, published in 1941 and still relevant today. Learn about the case studies, traits, and challenges of identifying and treating this condition.
In The Mask of Sanity, Dr. Hervey Cleckley explores the perplexing world of psychopathic personalities, shedding light on their charming and manipulative nature that often...
What lies beneath: 80 years of The Mask of Sanity. Since the 1941 publication of Hervey M Cleckley’s seminal work on psychopathic personalities, The Mask of Sanity, the relevant terminology has changed. But the fundamental problem it describes continues to this day.