[sageb1]

Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_Checklist-Revised_%28PCL-R%29

Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)

This is a clinical rating scale with 20 items. Each of the items in the PCL-R is scored on a three-point (0, 1, 2) scale according to specific criteria through file information and a semi-structured interview. A value of 0 is assigned if the item does not apply, 1 if it applies somewhat, and 2 if it fully applies. The items are as follows:

1. Glibness/superficial charm
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth
3. Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
4. Pathological lying
5. Conning/manipulative
6. Lack of remorse or guilt
7. Shallow affect
8. Callous/lack of empathy
9. Parasitic lifestyle
10. Poor behavioral controls
11. Promiscuous sexual behavior
12. Early behavioral problems
13. Lack of realistic, long-term goals
14. Impulsivity
15. Irresponsibility
16. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
17. Many short-term marital relationships
18. Juvenile delinquency
19. Revocation of conditional release
20. Criminal versatility

The items are then summed in order to obtain a total score. The cutoff for psychopathy is 30 points or greater (25 in some studies).

[shrinkermd]

Be careful with personality diagnoses. A laundry list such as yours is full of pejorative descriptions such that a diagnosis can become a "sh*t label" just like calling him a MFing SOB.

The real test for a personality diagnosis is how this person functions in work, love (family relationships) and in social living. A pathological diagnosis implies an inability to function by the nature of the disorder. IMHO President Clinton fails to meet this test and is not easily diagnosed as suffering from a personality disorder.

Also, look at your list again. Aside from the antisocial aspects many of the characteristics are that of very masculine young men who lose these characteristics as they enter their thirtys.