Awards: CHOICE 2007 Outstanding Academic Title Please read this if you can. Society is falling apart from all the crooks, charlatans and self-servers around us, and this book suggests a major reason why. If you see yourself in this book, try to pull back and change your ways if not for your own benefit than for the benefit of society as a whole. From Choice: Antisocial personality disorder (APD)—the condition one sees in the “sociopath next door,” the label applied by Martha Stout in her book by the same title (2005), or in mild psychopaths, as Kantor (psychiatrist, trainer of psychiatrists at various hospitals) labels them—is currently a hot topic in clinical psychology. “Individuals with APD can wreak havoc on communities. These individuals are not psychopathic serial killers. Rather, these are neighbors who “blast their horns at drivers who do not get moving…turn up their personal stereos…yell into their cell phones…rev up their motorcycles at night...or put their dogs to sleep because they bark too much.” Kantor does a thorough job of describing mild psychopaths and their behavior while differentiating them from those with APD and other disorders. He provides a through examination of the etiology, personality structure, and course/prognosis of this disorder and finishes with excellent chapters on therapy with mild psychopaths and a six-step method for helping victims cope with the “psychopaths of everyday life.” This is a fascinating read for scholars, but laypersons should start wit Stout’s less technical study before proceeding to this book. Essential. March 2007. THE PSYCHOPATHY OF EVERYDAY LIFE: HOW ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AFFECTS ALL OF US Buy Book from Amazon.com