Revisiting the nursing management of the psychopath

There has been a growing concern regarding the treatability of those patients labelled as psychopathically disordered. Notwithstanding this important debate, and the ultimate outcome of it, the nursing management of this categorized legal group continues on a daily basis. This paper contributes a theoretical foundation to the practicalities of nursing this particularly difficult patient group, based upon clinical experience, and offers a nursing perspective to the complexities of the debate.