9u30 - 10u30 & 11u - 12u

By Vivienne De Vogel

In this workshop, gender differences in the assessment and manifestation of psychopathy will be discussed and results from a Dutch multicentre study will be presented. In this study, the PCL-R, as well as several risk assessment tools and an extensive list of criminal, demographic, psychiatric and treatment characteristics were coded based on file information of women and matched men who are - or have been admitted to one of four different forensic psychiatric facilities in the Netherlands. Gender differences will be explored on PCL-R ratings in 197 women and 197 matched men in relation to criminal, psychiatric and demographic characteristics, as well as to historical violence risk factors from the HCR-20 and the Female Additional Manual (FAM), a gender-specific tool for female (forensic) psychiatric patients. Furthermore, analyses were carried out on the predictive validity of the PCL-R for incidents during treatment. Finally, some clinical case examples of the manifestation of psychopathy in women will be discussed and suggestions will be provided with respect to the gender-sensitive assessment and treatment of psychopathy in women. 

9u30 - 10u30 & 11u - 12u

By Catrin Morrissey & Jon Taylor

Offenders with intellectual disabilities are no less likely to have psychopathic traits than mainstream offenders (Morrissey & Hollin, 2010). There are, however, particular assessment considerations. This workshop will present some of the research evidence relevant to assessment of psychopathy in ID, and evidence based guidelines to conducting structured assessment such as the PCL-R and PCL-SV will be discussed and provided. The second part of the workshop will consider appropriate therapeutic approaches for offenders with intellectual disabilities and psychopathy. In particular the utility of therapeutic community milieu approaches will be explored. Case studies will be utilised to illustrate both assessment and treatment issues.

9u30 - 10u30 & 11u - 12u

By Randy Salekin

This workshop is designed to provide mental health professionals with new information on DSM-5 symptoms for Conduct Disorder (CD) and Low Prosocial Emotion (LPE) as well as other interpersonal callous traits. In addition, the workshop will cover some of the prenatal risks that have been shown to lead to conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits. The workshop will also briefly cover several etiological theories that have been purported to explain conduct problems and interpersonal callous traits and provide some integration of the theories in order to better understand the origins of the condition. Two specialty topics including complications in assessing and treating CD and psychopathy as well as personality will be covered. The treatment of CD and interpersonal callous traits will be integrated throughout the one hour workshop and discussed will be aspects of a psychological therapy program for youth with callous traits. The workshop format offers opportunities for input and discussion.

9u30 - 10u30 & 11u - 12u

By Kasia Uzieblo

Despite the exponential growth of psychopathy research we only know little about the social interactions of psychopathic individuals with their family members. Given the antisocial nature of psychopathic individuals, it is likely that the individuals living close to the psychopathic individual have to bear some damaging consequences. In this workshop the possible impact of psychopathy on their social environment will be considered. These concerns will be substantiated with the latest results from recent studies on the effect of psychopathic traits on the interactions with and the well-being of family members. In addition, implications for our understanding of the manifestation of psychopathy in the social context will be discussed and suggestions for practitioners working with possible victims will be formulated.  

9u30 - 10u30 & 11u - 12u

By Stephen Wong

Prof. Wong will describe a conceptual model for the treatment of violence-prone psychopathic offenders to reduce their risk of violent recidivism, and a CBT-based treatment programme, the Violent Reduction Programme (VRP) organized using the model.  The design and delivery of the VRP are guided by a number of theoretical principles such as the Risk/Need/Responsivity, the Stages of Change etc. and structured using four treatment manuals to maintain treatment consistency and integrity. The VRP also emphasizes the importance of integrating risk assessment and treatment: in the VRP, the Violence Risk Scale is used to assess violence risk, identify treatment targets and their treatment readiness as well as to measure treatment change. The VRP and its various permutations have been in operation for about 20 years thus allowing long-term outcome evaluations of its efficacy in violence reduction. Recent treatment outcome evaluations suggest significant reduction of violent recidivism for male psychopathic offenders (mean PCL-R >25).