J.D.

re-watched Heathers with my parents. And of course went off to diagnose J.D., because that's what I tried to do last time too. Is Veronica right? Is he a psychopath (except that that term is apparently not in use).
All of the dsm is being re-done right now (is anyone else excited to see the dsm5?)
antisocial personality disorder:

There is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occurring since age 15 years, as indicated by three (or more) of the following:

(1) failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest

(2) deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure

(3) impulsivity or failure to plan ahead

(4) irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults

(5) reckless disregard for safety of self or others

(6) consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations

(7) lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from

there is debate about the clumping antisocial personality disorder and psychopathology (i.e. prison population v.s. psychopaths, which should yield very dif. numbers and not be quite as related). the test for psychopathology is as follows (Robert Hare):

Factor 1: Personality "Aggressive narcissism"

• Glibness/superficial charm
• Grandiose sense of self-worth
• Pathological lying
• Cunning/manipulative
• Lack of remorse or guilt
• Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)
• Callous/lack of empathy
• Failure to accept responsibility for own actions

Factor 2: Case history "Socially deviant lifestyle".

• Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
• Parasitic lifestyle
• Poor behavioral control
• Lack of realistic long-term goals
• Impulsivity
• Irresponsibility
• Juvenile delinquency
• Early behavior problems
• Revocation of conditional release

Traits not correlated with either factor

• Promiscuous sexual behavior
• Many short-term marital relationships
• Criminal versatility
• Acquired behavioural sociopathy/sociological conditioning (Item 21: a newly identified trait i.e. a person relying on sociological strategies and tricks to deceive)

So I don't know who's right, of course-the dsm or Hare, though for some reason (perhaps because I have grown up with the concept of psycho/socio pathology) I'm leaning towards agreeing with Hare, the antisocial personality disorder seems too broad, and doesn't including that creepy factor of charm ect. either way, psychopathy isn't really something I can wrap my mind around. I understand the feeling of control that an eating disorder may give, or the hopelessness of depression, but lack of empathy? How does that work? I mean, I guess it makes sense that one wouldn't be able to imagine it (it's ironic though, not being able to imagine not being able to imagine other people's feelings).
Though that doesn't seem to fit J.D. fully either way. I guess he doesn't have to have a diagnosis, he isn't real.