Pyschopaths
Psychopath is primarily a legal term, used more by the media than by psychiatrists. The Mental Health Act 1983 defines psychopathic disorder as
'a persistent disorder or disability of mind (whether or not including significant impairment of intelligence) which results in abnormally or aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct.'
There are other factors, which would influence a diagnosis, including behaviour and the degree of insight a person has into the severity of their actions and their consequences.
Because of the controversy within psychiatry about the definition of psychopathic disorder, and it's negative stereotype, most doctors now use the term anti-social personality disorder.
