Well over a third of members of Congress are lawyers so I’d consider they’re well represented on the list. I think a listing of sociopaths would be more to the point – there are some distinction between the two.

Drained Brain on January 1, 2013 at 11:40 AM

Sigh, by those definitions media and politicians would fit sociopaths much better than mere psychopaths.

This retired mail carrier says postal union members are the most psycho workers.

itsnotaboutme on January 1, 2013 at 11:30 AM

Newman agrees.

psy·cho·path (sk-pth)

NOUN:
A person with an antisocial personality disorder, manifested in aggressive, perverted, criminal, or amoral behavior without empathy or remorse.

OWS in a nutshell.

psychologists/psychiatrists

ted c on January 1, 2013 at 11:23 AM

Really weird . That was my thought as soon as I saw the post. Almost anyone I have known that has gone into those professions or areas of studies have had some of the most obvious inner struggles or issues.

Why are politicians left off the list? I’m convinced most of them are psychotic.

HotAirian on January 1, 2013 at 11:26 AM

No doubt politicians are tops for psychopaths.

ButterflyDragon on January 1, 2013 at 11:28 AM

Na, politicians are sociopaths psychopaths.

If you really want to bitch about say, Murdoch, you’d be closer to the mark by saying he’s a sociopath.

Then again, you’d be abusing the term.

We ALL have psychopathic and sociopathic traits and it’s lazy to throw someone at the end of the spectrum. That laziness is usually borne of antipathy.

You know what the most common psychopathic trait is? The love of a parent for a child – it is commonly unconditional and extends to the parent being willing to trade their life for the child’s in a heartbeat.

Suck it up, y’all.

Criminal Minds may be fun, but it is not educational – ever notice how 95% of the bad guys they track are labelled ‘sexual psychopaths’?