by Little Boy Lost » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:21 pm
according to forensic psych Michael Stone half of a large sample of serial sex killers meet Dx criteria for SPD. he may not have distinguished between SPD and AvPD. Both are elevated in sexual killers and IIRC highest in sadistic killers. AsPD, the defunct sadistic PD, and clinical psychopathy are the most common. another significantly elevated PD is NPD.
there is overlap between SPD and psychopathy. coldness and affective flattening is obvious. The last psychiatrist i saw did not mention schzoid but i was diagnosed with constricted affective range and shallow emotional expression. i have glib silky manner with people much of the time but many killers are silent loners who live in fantasy and do their own thing, despite disapproval.
Richard ramirez was schzoid. he only had consensual sex once and the girl did the work. he had no interest in normal sex with anyone, never seemed lonely, he was a loner with no tight bonds to anybody, he only enjoyed doing cocaine alone and killing, cold andflat affect, he does not care what people think of him, and he was not known for glib charm or conning for profit.
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