At least my lack of empathy was not unusual. Having practiced as a psychotherapist for 35 years, LaBier believes that what he calls empathy deficit disorder (EDD) is rampant among Americans.

You may be suffering from EDD—"empathy deficit disorder." Here's what it is and how you can heal it.

I also believe that this wholesale empathy deficit is a cultural requisite - that is, it's required of an individual in order to function in our western culture.

You may not realize it, but a great number of people suffer from EDD. No, you're not reading a misprint of ADD or ED. The acronym stands for empathy deficit disorder. Nor will you find it listed ...

Christie seems to suffer the same ailment that afflicts Alaska’s Don Young. Call it Empathy Deficit Disorder. Some Democrats have it, but the disorder seems especially widespread among Republicans.

Narrow said coining a new disorder without significant study trivializes serious mental syndromes. "And I would venture to say that if you got ten people in a room together each would have a different ...

FOX: You have written about the "empathy deficit disorder" in your columns, and I wanted to alert you to this: Michael Ventura, the author of "Applied Empathy: The New Language of Leadership ...

Christie seems to suffer the same ailment that afflicts Alaska’s Don Young. Call it Empathy Deficit Disorder. Some Democrats have it, but the disorder seems especially widespread among Republicans.

Call it Empathy Deficit Disorder. Some Democrats have it, but the disorder seems especially widespread among Republicans.