The Complexity of Psychopathy

Dr. Vitale is a Professor of Psychology at Hampden-Sydney College. Dr. Vitale received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2003 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Vitale has written for both academic and clinical audiences, and has contributed review chapters on psychopathy to several key texts, including Patrick’s (2018)
Handbook of Psychopathy
and Gacono’s (2016)
Clinical and Forensic Assessment of Psychopathy: A Practitioner’s Guide.
 In addition, her original research in the areas of attention processing in psychopathy and psychopathy in women can be found in journals including the
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Journal of Abnormal Psychology,
and
Neuropsychology.