Whethercalledblacksheep,sociopaths,conmen,ormisfits,somemenbreakalltherules.Theyshirkeverydayresponsibilities,abusedrugsandalcohol,takeupcriminalcareers,andlashoutatfamilymembers.Intheworstcases,theycommitrape,murder,andotheractsofextremeviolence.Whatmakesthesemenbehaveasiftheyhadnoconscience?BadBoys,BadMenexaminesantisocialpersonalitydisorderorASP,themysteriousmentalconditionthatunderliesthislifelongpenchantforbadbehavior.PsychiatristandresearcherDonaldW.Black,MD,drawsoncasestudies,scientificdata,andcurrenteventstoexploreantisocialbehaviorandtochartthehistory,nature,andtreatmentofamisunderstooddisorderthataffectsuptosevenmillionAmericans.Citingnewevidencefromgeneticsandneuroscience,Blackarguesthatthisconditionistiedtobiologicalcausesandthatsomepeoplearesimplybornbad.BadBoys,BadMenintroducesustopeoplelikeErnie,thequintessentialjuveniledelinquentwhohadanincestuousrelationshipwithhismotheranddescendedintocrimeandalcoholism;andJohnWayneGacy,thenotoriousserialkillerwhoselifelongpatternofmisbehaviorescalatedtotherapeandmurderofmorethan30youngmenandboys.ThesecompellingcasesreadlikemedicaldetectivestoriesasBlacktriestoseparatetheliesthesementellfromthefactsoftheirlives.ForthisRevisedandUpdatededition,Dr.Blackincludesnewresearchfindings,includingthemostrecentworkonthegeneticandbiologicaldeterminantsofantisocialpersonalitydisorder,andhealsodiscussesthedifferencebetween,andoverlapwith,psychopathy.SeveralnewcaseshavebeenaddedtoBadBoys,BadMen,includingMikeTysonandSaddamHussein,andhealsobrieflydiscussesantisocialwomensuchasAileenWuornos,theleadcharacterinthemovie,Monster.Acclaimforthefirstedition:“ForafascinatingandinsightfuljourneyinsidethecriminalmindonecouldnotfindabetterguidethanDr.DonaldBlack,oneoftheworld’sleadingauthoritiesontheclassificationofaberrantbehaviors....Amagnificentachievement.“--JeffreyM.Schwartz,M.D.,authorofBrainLock“Clearlywritten,informative,andfilledwithintriguingstoriesofrealpeople....Tellsuswhatweneedtoknowaboutantisocialpersonalitydisorder.Awonderfulbook.“--JohnM.Oldham,MD,ColumbiaUniversity“Aclearandthoroughaccountofthecurrentscientificunderstandingofabafflingcondition,BadBoys,BadMenwillappealtothoseinterestedintheoriginsofrepetitivecriminalbehavior.Thebookwillbeofespecialusetothefamiliesoftheantisocial.“--PeterD.Kramer,authorofListeningtoProzac“Atourdeforce.DonBlackhasdistilleddecadesofhisclinicalexperienceandacomprehensivereviewofresearchonantisocialpersonalitydisorderintothedefinitivevademecumonthetopic.“--JohnH.Greist,M.D.,ClinicalProfessorofPsychiatry,UniversityofWisconsinMedicalSchool
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