Lynn M. (officerripley) reviewed on 3/7/2012 + 258 more book reviews

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Very interesting pointing out what makes a sociopath, how to figure out if someone is one, etc. The only thing I didn't like about the book is the same problem I have with every book on psychology/sociology I've ever read and with each of the handful of therapists I've talked with face-to-face: they never really tell you anything very helpful (or anything at all) as to what to do about these problem people! For instance, in this book, the author says to avoid the sociopath as much as possible. Ohhhhkay...what if the sociopath is an immediate family member, has no means of financial support, and you live in a state where aid/welfare is not given out if the person needing it has family who can take care of him/her? (In this state, they won't even lock up people who hallucinate any more unless the person is literally hallucinating 24/7. If they have even a mere 30 seconds a day of rationality? They cannot be committed unless they agree & somebody in the family can pay for it.)

So these books always promise on the dust jackets blurbs that they'll tell you how to deal with these psychological problems or problem people but they never really do. And it's probably not the authors' fault; I bet the publishers make the false promises in the blurbs to sell more books. Too bad, though. I wish they'd just admit that there's no solution for some of this stuff.

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