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Female Residents with Psychopathy in a High-Security Italian Hospital

Felice Carabellese, Alan R. Felthous, Ilaria Rossetto, Donatella La Tegola, Filippo Franconi and Roberto Catanesi
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online June 2018, 46 (2) 171-178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.003744-18
Felice Carabellese
Dr. Carabellese is Associate Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Dr. Catanesi is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, and Dr. La Tegola is a Psychologist Psychotherapist, Medical School of University of Bari, Policlinico Universitario, Bari, Italy. Dr. Felthous is Professor and Director, Forensic Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Drs. Rossetto and Franconi are psychiatrists, Residenze per l'Esecuzione delle Misure di Sicurezza (REMS), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Aziende Sanitarie Locali (ASL), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy.
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Alan R. Felthous
Dr. Carabellese is Associate Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Dr. Catanesi is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, and Dr. La Tegola is a Psychologist Psychotherapist, Medical School of University of Bari, Policlinico Universitario, Bari, Italy. Dr. Felthous is Professor and Director, Forensic Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Drs. Rossetto and Franconi are psychiatrists, Residenze per l'Esecuzione delle Misure di Sicurezza (REMS), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Aziende Sanitarie Locali (ASL), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy.
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Ilaria Rossetto
Dr. Carabellese is Associate Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Dr. Catanesi is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, and Dr. La Tegola is a Psychologist Psychotherapist, Medical School of University of Bari, Policlinico Universitario, Bari, Italy. Dr. Felthous is Professor and Director, Forensic Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Drs. Rossetto and Franconi are psychiatrists, Residenze per l'Esecuzione delle Misure di Sicurezza (REMS), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Aziende Sanitarie Locali (ASL), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy.
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Donatella La Tegola
Dr. Carabellese is Associate Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Dr. Catanesi is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, and Dr. La Tegola is a Psychologist Psychotherapist, Medical School of University of Bari, Policlinico Universitario, Bari, Italy. Dr. Felthous is Professor and Director, Forensic Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Drs. Rossetto and Franconi are psychiatrists, Residenze per l'Esecuzione delle Misure di Sicurezza (REMS), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Aziende Sanitarie Locali (ASL), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy.
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Filippo Franconi
Dr. Carabellese is Associate Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Dr. Catanesi is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, and Dr. La Tegola is a Psychologist Psychotherapist, Medical School of University of Bari, Policlinico Universitario, Bari, Italy. Dr. Felthous is Professor and Director, Forensic Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Drs. Rossetto and Franconi are psychiatrists, Residenze per l'Esecuzione delle Misure di Sicurezza (REMS), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Aziende Sanitarie Locali (ASL), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy.
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Roberto Catanesi
Dr. Carabellese is Associate Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Dr. Catanesi is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, and Dr. La Tegola is a Psychologist Psychotherapist, Medical School of University of Bari, Policlinico Universitario, Bari, Italy. Dr. Felthous is Professor and Director, Forensic Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Drs. Rossetto and Franconi are psychiatrists, Residenze per l'Esecuzione delle Misure di Sicurezza (REMS), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Aziende Sanitarie Locali (ASL), Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy.
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    The distribution of personality disorders among psychopathic women and men. In the psychopathic women (n = 33) BPD was the most common personality disorder, while in the psychopathic men (n = 33), the most common personality disorder was the ASPD.

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    Psychopathy. In men and women with psychopathy, specific gender differences were not statistically significant (11 men and 10 women).

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    Specific Crimes Committed by Women and Men with Psychopathy

    CrimeMenWomen
    Murder1110
    Attempted murder73
    Personal injury83
    Abuse122
    Sexual offenses1.50.5
    Stalking31
    Other offenses against persons41
    Offenses against property83
    Other184
    • N = 66; 33 women and 33 men. Data are percentages of the entire group of 66.

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Felice Carabellese, Alan R. Felthous, Ilaria Rossetto, Donatella La Tegola, Filippo Franconi, Roberto Catanesi
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online Jun 2018, 46 (2) 171-178; DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.003744-18

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