Psychopath Child Puts Doctors on Edge | Chicago Med | MD TV

Met a boy like him once. He was charming, good looking, smart etc. Then you find out he put his infant half sister in the chest freezer and refused to tell his Dad and step mom where she was while they frantically looked for her. Yes, they found her quickly, by chance.

This is tragic, even the child knows he’s in danger but the parents refuse to see the evidence, and will likely have to bury a child in the future because of their own denial.

I hate how people are like “He’s just a little boy!” when in fact BECAUSE he’s a little boy he should be immediately evaluated so that he can get to therapy. Same as when people dismiss bad behaviour because they’re still young, when they should be correcting it

Domestic violence comes in all shapes and sizes. It's not always the husband. Sometimes it's the wife. Or, in this case, sometimes it's one of the kids. Sibling abuse is real and is not something that should be over-looked. Period.

The child actor who played the psychopath was fantastic! He nailed the subtleties of expression.

What's really sad is the little brother having to live in constant fear and probably feeling like his parents are choosing/protecting his older brother (who's the one doing the harm) over him.

He literally resembles a psychopath in every way. He did such a good job playing the part. It’s pretty terrifying. He showed no emotions when his brother got very critical and was moved to surgery.

The mom knew something was up. Her reaction spoke volumes.

For everyone who thinks the parents reaction was unrealistic, I'd like to point you to the hoards of families who regularly go on TV and claim thier 5 times convicted violent felon of a son is just a good boy that made a little mistake. This issue is 100% real and parents like this deserve to lose their kids.

it's truly scary to think that there are children out there that are psychopathic and considered dangerous

"I want to be a doctor". As someone who has been through medical school, this is a very true statement.

Met a child psychopath once in my medical career. The ER doctor touched his eyeball and the kid didn't even blink. He had tried to drown his younger brother in the bathtub and thought it was funny. Smiled the whole time. I was scared out of my mind.

Either the parents are too blind to notice or are in denial about it. One day, they will take notice of what's really happening and will regret their decisions.

Kids aren't innocent little creatures. You'd be surprised what they can do. What the parents did was a huge mistake. He had clear signs of being a psychopath, but like the Doctor said. They were blind.

I don’t understand how this isn’t considered child neglect when the parents are aware of the dangers this kid poses to everyone.

As a friend of someone with Anti-Social Personality Disorder (which is slightly different but can manifest in similar ways), intervention at a young age is a HUGE help. While my friend may not be able to feel empathy as well as most other people, him being taken to proper therapy as soon as the signs were there helped him so much. He's a pretty chill dude and you can tell he cares about people, just not in the same way most people do. Lack of empathy doesn't automatically mean someone is going to be a bad person, but either way, intervention at a young age is crucial to help a child with ASPD be able to function as an adult.

The actor who plays this kid gave off a good performance of being creepy. How do you think House would handle this kid?

I was diagnosed as a psychopath as a child, I felt no remorse for the things I did and no empathy for the people I hurt. I got therapy, that helped. What really helped was my parents not tolerating my behavior, I faced the consequences for my actions. Now, I'm still a psychopath, but I lead a happy life and am in a loving family; I just have to work hard to control my condition. I realized I should clarify a few things. 1. True 'psychopath ' is not an official diagnosis, the proper term is ASPD (antisocial personality disorder). But some people interpret that as 'you just don't like being around people', which isn't always correct and doesn't accurately explain the disorder. 2. When I say child, I was twelve (which is a child in my opinion) when my parents were told that I show the signs of ASPD, and was 16 when I officially got the label. But I've been seeing a therapist since I was 7.

This was my older brother. Nothing happened to him. I got him put in a holding cell over night when I was 14 and he’s was 16 after I locked myself in the bathroom so I could call the police after I was somehow able to stay conscious enough in between him suffocating me over and over to push him off and run. They let him out and I refused to go back home. I moved out after that. Years later he ended up married with kids. Both of his kids were in and out of the hospital. He was eventually arrested for child and spousal abuse. My father disowned him but my mother is still in denial and blames me. I have no feelings towards my older brother, but hate is too nice a word for how I feel towards my mother who turned a blind eye my entire life.

Ya that kid creeped me out from the second he talked. That's not how kids actually act, that's a kid acting like the grownups around him because he's mirroring and doesn't actually know how to act like a kid.