The Private Life of Psychopaths
In training sessions people are often fascinated by, and want to understand, psychopathic behaviours. I often utilise different moral...
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Phil Harris
Dec 9, 20213 min read
Personality: Can We Deliberately Change?
Could a company train an employee to become more conscientious, even if the worker isn't invested in improving that trait? A new study...
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Phil Harris
Aug 11, 20211 min read
New Personality Disorder Framework
The new International Classification of Diseases (ICD Edition 11) is soon due for release in January 2022. Produced by the World Health...
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Phil Harris
Mar 26, 20213 min read
Narcissists: New Insights
Narcissism is driven by insecurity, and not an inflated sense of self, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers. Its...
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Phil Harris
Jun 23, 20201 min read
Inside the Brain of a Psychopath
In light of the recent study on antisocial personality disorder, I also noticed this very interesting discussion on the nature of...
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Phil Harris
Jun 17, 20201 min read
Antisocial Personality Disordered Offenders: UK Clinical Trial Results Published
There is increasing recognition of the role Antisocial Personality Disorder in offending populations. The disorder, characterised by...
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Phil Harris
Apr 27, 202017 min read
Personality Part I: The Research Base
I recently watched the Netflix documentary “Three Identical Strangers.” Without too much of a spoiler alert, triplets who were separated...
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Phil Harris
Oct 24, 20191 min read
Why Women Prefer Psychopaths
In lectures on Personality Disorder and on Romantic Relationships, people are intrigued by the research finding that women are drawn...
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Phil Harris
Sep 23, 20194 min read
How Psychopaths Control Impulse
People with psychopathic traits are predisposed toward antisocial behavior that can result in "unsuccessful" outcomes such as...
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Phil Harris
Sep 5, 20191 min read
Mindfulness Does Not Improve Impulse Control
Mindfulness can be seen as a panacea for all things these these days. However, it needs to be subjected to more rigorous study in order...
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Phil Harris
Sep 2, 20192 min read
New Insights into Psychopathic Behavior
The expression of many genes that have previously been associated with autism is abnormal also in violent psychopathy, a new study shows....
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Phil Harris
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Poor Impulse Control Across Mental Health Disorders
Individuals with many different psychiatric disorders have a higher tendency to choose smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed...
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Phil Harris
Oct 18, 20183 min read
Are Corporations Run by Psychopaths?
A key feature of high flyers is the personality trait of conscientiousness. These individuals are focused, hard working, organised and...
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Phil Harris
Aug 22, 20184 min read
The D-Factor: How Evil Are You?
Is there such a thing as an evil personality type? This is a challenging question for many in the field. By and large, people who are...
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Phil Harris
Aug 10, 20182 min read
Predicting Long Term Outcomes for Boys with ADHD
A study published in the August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry(JAACAP) reports on a...
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Phil Harris
Jun 13, 20183 min read
Think You Have a Personality Disorder? You Are Probably Right.
Purdue University researchers think the gap between a psychologists' diagnosis and a patient's self-evaluation might not be as extreme as...
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Phil Harris
Jun 3, 20182 min read
Spiritual Center of the Brain Discovered
Anyone who has heard me lecture or conduct training on neuroscience will know that I have always emphasized a little regarded region of...
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Phil Harris
May 15, 20181 min read
Psychopaths in the Workplace: Top Jobs for Serial Killers
I have always felt that psychopaths make good employees. Whilst they will never be team players, they are single minded, do not get...
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Phil Harris
Jan 16, 20183 min read
Special Feature: The (Mostly) Moral Brain
I have become increasingly interested in how people respond to moral dilemmas and what this reveals about the brain. In everyday life, I...
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Phil Harris
Jan 2, 20182 min read
Acquired Sociopathy
When brain lesions occur within the brain network responsible for morality and value-based decision-making, they can predispose a person...
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