Considered a revolutionary study of psychopathy upon its initial publication in 1941 hervey cleckleys the mask of sanity an attempt to clarify some issues about the so called psychopathic personality offers useful insight into the affliction almost eighty years later faced with a poor understanding of psychopathy throughout society as well as the legal and psychiatric community dr cleckley hoped to identify the common symptoms of psychopaths and improve their treatment options working . The mask of sanity an attempt to clarify some issues about the so called psychopathic personality cleckley hervey md isbn 9781258164133 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The mask of sanity an attempt to clarify some issues about the so called psychopathic personality is a book written by american psychiatrist hervey m cleckley first published in 1941 describing cleckleys clinical interviews with patients in a locked institution the text is considered to be a seminal work and the most influential clinical description of psychopathy in the twentieth century the basic elements of psychopathy outlined by cleckley are still relevant today the . The first edition of this work greatly enhanced our knowledge of the clinical status loosely called psychopathic personality because the material on which that book was based consisted of adult male psychopaths in a closed institution and because the author has since widened his experience greatly he felt that a second edition was necessary indeed the clinical descriptions have been . Citation cleckley h 1955 the mask of sanity an attempt to clarify some issues about the so called psychopathic personality 3rd ed c v mosby co https