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The Private Patient
P. D. James

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Suspect someone you know of being a Socialised Psychopath? Based on comprehensive research and the recorded experiences of socialised psychopaths, this test is designed to evaluate whether someone you suspect of being a psychopath is indeed one delusion short of a homicide. All you have to do is decide if each trait applies to them fully, partially or not at all:
		Not at all	Partially	Fully
1.	Do they have difficulty sustaining stable personal and business relationships?

2.	Is their manner generally belligerent and bullying?

3.	Are they economical with the truth and easily able to tell lies to your face?

4.	Do they appear to have no sense of remorse, shame or guilt?

5.	Do they lose their temper quickly?

6.	Do they quickly become bored and demand constant stimulation?

7.	Are they sexually promiscuous?

8.	Does their charm seem superficial and easily turned on to suit immediate ends?

9.	Do they often manipulate others to achieve their own goals, without a thought as to the consequences for those they manipulated?

10.	When they display emotion, does it come across as unconvincing?

11.	Are risk-taking and acting on reckless impulses a part of their personality?

12.	Do they come across as unrealistic when talking about their long-term aims?

13.	When they were teenagers, did they resent authority, play truant and/or steal?

14.	Do they sponge off others without a second thought?

15.	Do they seem quick to blame others for their own mistakes?

16.	Are they unable to empathise with others?

17.	Do they give off an air of self-importance, no matter where they stand in society?

18.	Do you see them as essentially irresponsible?



Penguin Ltd denies responsibility for any personal conclusions drawn from this test and any consequences of those conclusions. It is, after all, not entirely serious.

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