Why are there so few female psychopaths? | feat. Dr. Mark Freestone
Episode description
Dr. Mark Freestone, author of Making a Psychopath: My Journey into Seven Dangerous Minds, takes us into the mind of an infamous female psychopath—and the finicky, outdated, and often untrustworthy system that attempts to diagnose women like her.
A few curiosities you’ll uncover in this episode:
- The antiquated diagnosis process for psychopaths
- The differences between how psychopathy manifests in male and female patients
- Gritty details of the murder committed by Angela the Remorseless
- How a bias toward male patients is a symptom of a much larger issue
Did You Know?
James Bond is a psychopath. He scores around a 27 on the PCL-R, which in the UK is past the threshold for a psychopath.
Get a copy of Dr. Freestone's book on Amazon, Audible, or Bookshop.org.
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