Word: psychopath
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What was the basis for Dr. Binger's judgments? Dr. Binger settled down to explain. Chambers had stolen books from the library when he was a student at Columbia; stealing is one of the characteristic behaviors of a psychopath. In the beginning of the case Chambers had "withheld the significant truth" about his relationship with Alger Hiss-a behavior known to psychiatrists as "withholding truth." Other characteristics revealed to Dr. Binger by Chambers' career: "pathological lying," "insensitivity for the feelings of others," "bizarre behavior," "vagabondism...
...Harvard psychologist charged in his earlier testimony that Hiss' accuser had an incurable mental disorder. He said there was a saying "that once a psychopath, always a psychopath." His diagnosis was in agreement with that of Dr. Carl O. Binger '10, New York psychiatrist...
...great creative artist because he is a psychopath, concludes Dr. Brain, but if he has the other necessary qualities of mind, what the psychiatrist would call pathological may be an essential element in his genius...
What makes a sex maniac? The life and habits of the sex psychopath are discussed in tomorrow's article. The guiles he practices on his victims--often school age girls--and his haunts, habits and mannerisms based on known instances in the city, will be presented in detail...
Gayden naturally makes a dignified pass at the girl, while his mother nods approvingly; but the innocent young thing is rescued by the intervention of Gayden's uncle, a solid-citizen doctor. He convinces the mother (through some dubious elementary psychology) that her son is an "incurable psychopath;" that she should (1) go away, (2) send the son to an institution, (3) kill the boy. Mother relays all this to her son, who jilts the girl, plays up to his beloved mom, and leaves everything up to Bainter, who has no chance to get anything done before the curtain falls...