Definitions of disheartened on the Web:   * demoralized: made less hopeful or enthusiastic; desperate demoralized people looking for work; felt discouraged by the â¦magnitude of the problem ... wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn  * Deprived of hope, despairing en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disheartened.
He believes that psychopathy is more of a category than a dimension. This means that someone either is or is not a psychopath. Notably, other researchers disagree and believe that psychopathic traits fall on a continuum. How common is psychopathy? Hare estimates that about 50 - 75% of the prison population meet criteria for antisocial personality disorder but only 15-25% exceed the cut-off point for psychopathy. Hare also estimates that psychopaths make up about 1% of the general population.
Answer Wiki. There has never been a diagnosis of psychopathy in general but it's symptoms are often used in the criminal justice system to describe behavior. Psychopathy is characterized by antisocial behavior, a diminished capacity for remorse, and poor behavioral control. The label psychopath has been described as strangely nonspecific but probably persisting because it indicates that the source of behavior lies in the psyche rather than in the situation.