[arasina]

Several weeks ago, The New York Times Magazine section ran a brilliant article on child psychopaths/sociopaths and the research that scientists, doctors and psychoanalysts are doing on them. They are trying to help them when they are very, very young to curb them from a life of violence.

Below is a post by FReeper fs301 on a thread I was reading yesterday:

Childhood abuse and neglect can result in a cold blooded murderous rage. The following video documentary is of an adopted girl who had been abused by her birth parents at a very young age... an age at which many might believe she should retain no memory of the abuse. The video is chilling and not safe for work:

YouTube Video "Child of Rage"

It's a 27-minute video and it is indeed chilling, but indicates there is hope if they treat them early. (not with drugs)

[Chickensoup]

Childhood abuse and neglect can result in a cold blooded murderous rage. The following video documentary is of an adopted girl who had been abused by her birth parents at a very young age... an age at which many might believe she should retain no memory of the abuse. The video is chilling and not safe for work:

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But remember there does not need to be a horrible family background to breed a sociopath.

[Chickensoup]

Childhood abuse and neglect can result in a cold blooded murderous rage. The following video documentary is of an adopted girl who had been abused by her birth parents at a very young age... an age at which many might believe she should retain no memory of the abuse. The video is chilling and not safe for work:

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But remember there does not need to be a horrible family background to breed a sociopath. It is easy to look at sociopathy as a funcion of nurturence.

It is a lot harder to face the sociopathy that is geneticlly predispositioned.