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Jim Silver

    Jim Silver is a distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Urban and Inner-City Studies at the University of Winnipeg. His research interests lie in inner-city issues, poverty, and community development. Silver is a pivotal figure in research and initiatives focused on housing and neighborhood revitalization, particularly within the context of community-based solutions for Indigenous and inner-city poverty.

    Almost a Psychopath
    • Minor problems to major predators. Setting the stage ; What is a psychopath? ; The almost psychopath ; Could it be something else? -- Dealing with almost psychopaths in our lives. Living with an almost psychopath ; Recognizing almost psychopathic traits in children ; Working with an almost psychopath ; Confronting child abuse by almost psychopaths ; Adults as victims : confronting almost psychopaths in the helping professions ; Sick or slick? : malingering and manipulation of illness ; What to do when you find yourself in almost psychopath territory -- Appendix A. Diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality disorder -- Appendix B. Defining a mental disorder using the axes of the diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR)

      Almost a Psychopath
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