Also, the terms &quot;psychopath&quot; and &quot;sociopath&quot; are deprecated. They are no longer in clinical use and I don&#x27;t believe you can find them in the DSM (though you can find &quot;Anti-Social Personality Disorder.&quot;)<p>The terms &quot;psychopath&quot; and &quot;sociopath&quot; are fundamentally meaningless. They have no more meaning than typical insults and profanities like &quot;dickhead&quot; or &quot;douchebag.&quot;<p>I&#x27;m glad that these terms are deprecated for several reasons:<p>1. The term &quot;psychopath&quot; is a bigoted term. If you look up the Greek roots of this word (psyche + pathos) you find that it literally means a &quot;suffering of the soul.&quot; To call a person with ASPD a &quot;psychopath&quot; is the equivalent of calling a mentally disabled person a &quot;mongoloid.&quot; Its just needless name-calling and bigotry.<p>2. The popular conception of the &quot;psychopath&quot; presupposes that &quot;psychopathy&quot; is some kind of immutable condition, one that is inherent in the person to whom the term is being applied. Yet all studies point to the importance of both genetic <i>and</i> environmental factors in the development of what we call &quot;psychopathy.&quot; Just as people can be victims of cancer, people can be victims of &quot;psychopathy.&quot; Therefore it makes little sense to point the finger at the victim.<p>TL;DR &quot;Psychopathy&quot; is a bigoted and outdated term