The Psychopathy of Everyday Life: How Antisocial Personality Disorder Affects All of Us

Is there a mild psychopath near you? Or in you? If so, what can and should you do? Find out in this riveting exploration of a personality disorder usually dismissed by the mental health profession, and never before the topic of in-depth scholarly exploration. We all recognize the true, full-blown psychopaths--the Hitlers, Stalins and Gacys of the world. But what professionals and lay people, alike often do not recognize is that we are surrounded by mild psychopaths, people who do not reach the level of their infamous counterparts, yet still share some of their traits. Fifteen-time author Kantor, a psychiatrist whose last work, Understanding Paranoia, also zeroed in on everyday problems, explains how to recognize, understand and cope with the mild psychopaths one encounters every day.

Martin Kantor, MD is a Harvard psychiatrist who has been in full private practice in Boston and New York City, and active in residency training programs at several hospitals, including Massachusetts General and Beth Israel in New York. He also served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical School and as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—New Jersey Medical School. He is currently a full-time medical author, the author of more than a dozen other books, including Homophobia, Second Edition (Praeger 2009);Uncle Sam's Shame: Inside the Veteran's Administration (Praeger 2008); Lifting the Weight: Understanding Depression in Men: Its Causes and Solutions (Praeger 2007);The Psychopathy of Everyday Life: How Antisocial Personality Disorder Affects All of Us (Praeger, 2006);Understanding Paranoia: A Guide for Professional, Families, and Sufferers (Praeger 2004);Distancing: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Revised and Expanded (Praeger, 2003),Passive-Aggression: A Guide for the Therapist, the Patient, and the Victim (Praeger, 2002),Treating Emotional Disorder in Gay Men (Praeger, 1999), and Homophobia (Praeger, 1998).