Psychopathy and Human Evil: Introduction

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1 Kernberg (2009) also writes of “malignant narcissism,” defining it in terms of antisocial behavior in the context of narcissistic personality disorder.

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Elizabeth F. Howell

Elizabeth F. Howell, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst and traumatologist who specializes in the treatment of dissociative disorders. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, an adjunct clinical associate professor in psychology for the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and faculty and supervisor for the Trauma Treatment Center of the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis. She has written extensively and lectured nationally and internationally on various aspects of trauma and dissociation, as well as on gender and trauma/dissociation. Her books include Understanding and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Relational Approach; The Dissociative Mind; The Dissociative Mind in Psychoanalysis, co-edited with Sheldon Itzkowitz, Ph.D.; and Women in Mental Health, (co-edited with Marjorie Bayes). The first three won the Media Award-Written by the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD), and The Dissociative Mind in Psychoanalysis won the Author Recognition Award from NIP, but has also been nominated for the 2017 Gradiva Award.) Dr. Howell is the recipient, from ISSTD, of the Cornelia Wilber Award for outstanding clinical contributions in the field of dissociative disorders and the Lifetime Achievement Award. She runs study and consultation groups, and is in private practice in New York City.

Sheldon Itzkowitz

Sheldon Itzkowitz, Ph.D., ABPP, is an adjunct clinical associate professor of psychology and clinical consultant, the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis; guest faculty, Eating Disorders, Compulsions, and Addictions Program, the William Alanson White Institute; on the teaching and supervisory faculty, the National Institute for the Psychotherapies program in Psychoanalysis; and the Trauma Studies Program, The Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis. He is an associate editor of Psychoanalytic Perspectives and former president of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the New York State Psychological Association. Dr. Itzkowitz has presented his work with extremely dissociated individuals both nationally and internationally. His most recent publications include The Dissociative Mind in Psychoanalysis: Understanding and Working with Trauma, coedited with Elizabeth F. Howell. The book received the 2016 Media Award-Written by the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation and the Author Recognition Award from NIP and nominated for the 2017 Gradiva Award. “A Dream as an Internal Enactment of Trauma: The Impact on the Analyst's Self” appears in J. Petrucelli & S. Schoen (Eds.), Unknowable, Unspeakable, and Unsprung: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Truth, Scandal, Secrets, and Lies, and “The Interpersonal-Relational Field, Countertrauma, and Counterresilience: The Impact of Treating Trauma and Dissociation” appears in R. B. Gartner (Ed.), Trauma and Countertrauma, Resilience and Counterresilience: Insights from Psychoanalysts and Trauma Experts, published by Routledge. He is in full-time private practice in New York City.