The Psychology of Psychopaths with Forensic Psychologist Dee Anand

Dee Anand is coming to Unity Place on Monday 23 November to talk about the psychology of psychopaths. It's part of the Seed Talks Milton Keynes collection, and Anand is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist who's been practising for over 20 years. He's not just a name on a flyer; he's spent two terms as Chair of the National Division of Forensic Psychology and has chaired every professional board in Forensic Psychology at the British Psychological Society, where he's currently Head of Qualification in Forensic Psychology.

His research on psychopathy was conducted at Broadmoor Hospital, a high-security psychiatric institution, where he investigated the PCL-R model. He was also Programme Director of the Professional Doctorate in Forensic Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, and he's led intervention and reform programmes with violent and complex offenders. That's a lot of time spent working with the very people the talk is about, so he's coming from a place of actual practice rather than just theory.

The session works through the biological, cognitive and social forces that shape psychopathy, its defining traits and behaviours, and the question of whether psychopaths are born or made and if they can be cured. It's a broad sweep of the subject, and it opens up to the room for a Q&A at the end, so you'll have a chance to ask your own questions once he's laid out the ground.

Doors open at 7pm, and the talk starts at 7:30pm, running for about two and a half hours. Tickets are between £14 and £33, and the venue is Unity Place, 200 Grafton Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1UP.