• MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Psychopath isn’t a real mental disorder, it’s just Latin for mentally ill person.

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      1 year ago

      Psychopath is derived from Ancient Greek… And even besides that, laymen generally use the term to describe ASPD despite the two conditions not being entirely the same. Don’t be obtuse.