Inaugural Podcast A discussion chaired by Prof. Edmund Sonuga-Barke (Editor-in-Chief, JCPP)

with Prof. Abigail Marsh (Georgetown University, Washington DC and NIMH, Bethesda, MD) and Dr. Graeme Fairchild (University of Southampton)

© 2011 John Wiley & Sons Ltd and the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. All rights reserved

Article: Adolescents with psychopathic traits report reductions in physiological responses to fear Abigail A. Marsh, Elizabeth C. Finger, Julia C. Schechter, Ilana T.N. Jurkowitz, Marguerite E. Reid and R.J.R. BlairClick here for Abstract and Full Text

Commentary: I don’t second that emotion: subjective experience of fear in adolescents with psychopathic traits – reflections on March et al.(2011) Graeme FairchildClick here for Abstract and Full Text

Prof. Abigail Marsh Georgetown University, Washington DCNIMH, Bethesda, MD

Parasympathetic Nervous System (‘rest and digest’)

Sympathetic Nervous System (‘Fight or Flight’)

Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

including digestion, salivation, lacrimation (tears), sexual arousal, urination and defecation

Activation of heart rate, breathing, sweating

Dr. Graeme FairchildUniversity of Southampton

“We are dealing here not with a complete man at all but with

something that suggests a subtly constructed reflex machine which

can mimic the human personality perfectly”

 Source: Hervey Cleckley (1976). The Mask of Sanity, 5th Edn. Mosby: St Louis, USA, p369.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - for more information, please see:DSM VI http://psych.org/MainMenu/Research/DSMIV.aspx

DSM V (to be launched in 2013)http://www.dsm5.org/pages/default.aspx

Further Reading

Dr. Graeme FairchildUniversity of Southampton

Prof. Abigail Marsh Georgetown University, Washington DCNIMH, Bethesda, MD

Empathy - for further research on empathy, please see:

Anxiety Disorders http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience at Georgetown Universityhttp://www.abigailmarsh.com/

NIMH Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment Development Program

http://ww.nimh.nih.gov/about/organization/datr/experimental-therapeutics-branch/mood-and-anxiety-disorders-treatment-development-program.shtml

Further Reading

Prof. Edmund Sonuga-Barke Editor-in-Chief, JCPP

Dr. Graeme FairchildUniversity of Southampton

Prof. Abigail Marsh Georgetown University, Washington DCNIMH, Bethesda, MD

Prof. Edmund Sonuga-Barke Editor-in-Chief, JCPP

ReferencesMarsh, A.A., Finger, E.C., Schecter, J.C., Jurkowitz, I.T.N., Reid, M.E., & Blair, R.J.R., 2011. Adolescents with psychopathic traits report reductions in physiological responses to fear. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52, 834-41.

Fairchild, G. (2011). I don’t second that emotion: subjective experience of fear in adolescents with psychopathic traits – reflections on March et al.(2011). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52, 842-43.

Music: ‘Out of the Storm’: www.melodyloops.com

Acknowledgements The Editorial team of JCPP and Wiley-Blackwell Publishers wish to thank Dr. Graeme Fairchild and Professor. Abigail Marsh for their support in contributing to this inaugural podcast of the JCPP.

Contacts: Claire Shuttleworth (claire.shuttleworth@wiley.com) or Piers Allen (piers.allen@acamh.org.uk)

© 2011 John Wiley & Sons Ltd and ACAMH.