Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-1705775-20180105014521/@comment-27022982-20180105015044

Inferno Pendragon wrote: while most will already know this characters who go under "Mental Illness" can suffer any range of problems, it is not good practice to add psychopath to every character you see who exhibits mental illness, because a "psychopath" is not simply "someone who is insane" or whatever.

I've seen many articles now with "psychopath" added on a whim to describe any mentally ill character, it is a specific category for a reason - it is a complex subject with different opinions, not all psychopaths are actually insane either.

as an example most spree-killers, suicidal villains and emotionally volatile characters are NOT psychopaths - they are the opposite as they are ruled by emotion.. they go down in a "blaze of rage" or whatever.. a psychopath, usually, does not suddenly go on a rampage.

not all sadists are psychopaths either - in fact many sadists are deviants who "get off" on the pain of others, they are in a league of their own and while some psychopaths may be sadistic it doesn't mean every sadistic character is automatically a psychopath.

I'm not qualifed to explain what psychopathy is but if you plan on adding the category in future articles READ the category page first or do some research.. it is far too abused. I agree with this.