'What happens when you turn a psychopath into a therapist?'

[Nearly Sane]

I knew that the experiment had happened but the detail is extraordinary


https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/oak-ridge-st-thomas-psychiatric-treatment

[Gordon]

That is a seriously scary read, and it seems unreal that these events occurred at all, and that alarm bells didn't start ringing somewhere  much earlier than they did.

[Nearly Sane]

That is a seriously scary read, and it seems unreal that these events occurred at all, and that alarm bells didn't start ringing somewhere  much earlier than they did.

And yet not the only time this sort of thing happens

[ekim]

.... or a surgeon ? ..... "This study showed that consultants at teaching hospitals score higher on a scale of psychopathic personality than DGH con-sultants, who in turn score higher than the general population. The prevalence of stress immunity as the overriding personality trait in consultants may better facilitate patient care"
https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1308/rcsbull.2015.331

[SusanDoris]

That is a seriously scary read, and it seems unreal that these events occurred at all, and that alarm bells didn't start ringing somewhere  much earlier than they did.

\I read this post before clicking on the link - I don't think I will now.