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Most ancient diagnoses were "psychopathic constitution" or "hysteria".
Increased irritability and sensitivity are signs of a pre-existing psychopathic constitution as confirmed by the patient".
A lack of knowledge regarding the aetiology and pathogenesis of functional disorders during WWI inspired an active debate and led to causal explanatory models that were shaped by culture-dependent beliefs, for example regarding a psychopathic constitution.
Fraenkel provided a statistical analysis of the frequencies of different functional neurological syndromes and concluded that a psychopathic constitution was the causative factor in the development of a neurosis.
Whereas the pre-war admission criteria at the psychiatric unit of the Charité continued to apply during WWI [ 2], the proportion of male patients diagnosed with psychopathic constitution or hysteria increased dramatically from 12% in 1913 to 36% in 1915.
The low rate of return to full military duty reflected a general belief among German military psychiatrists that individuals with psychopathic constitution were not suitable for front-line service [ 2, 6, 48, 44].
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To the Editor: Dr. Friedman omits mention of antisocial personality disorder, formerly classified as "constitutional psychopathic state" or "psychopathic personality".
Constitutional Commissions, 1987 Constitution.
Many psychopaths are narcissistic, but not many narcissists are psychopathic.
Psychopathic, Machiavellian misanthropes?
Ten were unambiguously psychopathic.
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