Sherlock, Asperger's and sociopathy

[Bay]

Here is a really interesting article about how the general public often confuses Asperger Syndrome and sociopathy. BBC's Sherlock (a show that I adore) is given as an example of how easily this happens. Here is the link http://globalcomment.com/2012/bbcs-sherlock-asperger?s-syndrome-and-sociopathy/

 

[King_Oni]

Might give that show a try... quite interesting read.

Holmes... even the one in the newer movies struck me as borderlining sociopathic already. Though I don't know how that spells out for Holmes in the original Doyle novels in the sense if he's always been written of as a sociopath-like person