If you spend any time in true crime circles – or even just scrolling headlines – you’ll see the words psychopath and sociopath thrown around almost interchangeably. They conjure the same image: someone dangerous, manipulative, devoid of empathy. But while they overlap, they are not identical concepts. And more importantly, neither is a formal clinical diagnosis in modern psychology. So, after you have read what constitutes a psychopath, there is test to take… if you are brave enough. The Clinical Reality Both terms sit under the umbrella of Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD), a recognised mental health condition defined in diagnostic…