Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Symptoms can psychopath Detected From Children

Hearing the words that exist in the mind of a psychopath who definitely scary because it could endanger other people. Psychopaths usually occurs in adults, but symptoms can be detected from the children.

Like what the signs of children who may develop symptoms of a psychopath?

Science of psychology, defines psychopathy as a personality disorder characterized by the absence of moral principles, emotional and inability to show normal behavior. People who have this disorder called psychopaths. Some mental health experts said that this condition can be recognized since the first signs that allow toddlers she grew into a psychopath.

But sometimes this is not necessarily true, because the characteristics and personality can be changed. In addition, there are also people who become psychopaths as adults because of problems in the past. Early symptoms can be noticed by parents is the child does not have a sense of empathy and look for signs of danger that comes from within himself.

Yet still difficult to detect whether a child can develop a psychopath or not, because environmental factors also influences. As quoted from Personalitydisorder.com, Thursday (06/05/2010) based on a study conducted during the 25 years since the age of 3 years shows there is a different temperament and physiology of a child who has a psychopathic tendencies as adults or not.

These results have been published in The Journal of Abnormal Psychology in 2007.

The research team hypothesized the child can be a psychopath as an adult if the children do not show fear, always looking for something new, less friendly attitude and show reduced sensitivity to negative stimuli. Other signs that appear when the infant is already excessive levels of delinquency, aloof, like breaking things, stealing, lying, like damaging the goods there, especially when angry and likes to yell.

If this occurs, but it should not be allowed to immediately take preventive early, so children are not accustomed to such behavior.

Until now there is no definitive answer about the theory of nature that causes a person to bring a psychopath. But some strong evidence about the role of genetics comes from a 2005 study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

The results of this study found very strong genetic component to extreme antisocial behavior such as fighting, bullying, lying, cheating and stealing is found in children who have a callous-unemotional personality traits (CU) high.

Harsh environmental factors which are marked with a case of abuse, deprivation, violence, households that are not happy or a bad past life can affect behavior. But if everything is okay there is the possibility that genetic factors have more influence.

Although researchers are looking for genes psychopathy, Hare believes there will never be a single gene that affects. But more likely a group of genes that do not know how those mechanisms can affect properties such as impulsivity, fear and empathy for someone. Although the gene was discovered later, does not mean someone was definitely born a psychopath.

"Someone can not be born a psychopath, but maybe that person has the basics. The point of all people are born with a temperament and this is formed from the environment," said Hare, psychopaths experts from Canada, as quoted from MSNBC.

In addition to looking for genetic markers, the researchers also analyzed the brain of a psychopath using imaging techniques to get directions. Researchers indicate that psychopaths likely due to lack of activity on the part of the brain like the amygdala that plays a key role in terms of emotion.