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Cleckley's sixteen criteria

Hervey Cleckley's phenomenological description of the psychopathic personality (The Mask of Sanity, 1941, 5 editions through 1976), covering interpersonal charm, affective poverty, and behavioural irresponsibility. The clinical foundation for Hare's operationalisation.

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Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)BSA 2023 § 39Factor 1 (interpersonal-affective)Glenn-Raine neuroimaging findingsPCL:SV and PCL:YVPsychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)

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