ABSTRACT
The antisocial tendency is not a diagnosis. It does not compare directly with other diagnostic terms such as neurosis and psychosis. The antisocial tendency is characterized by an element in it which compels the environment to be important. The patient through unconscious drives compels someone to attend to management. The antisocial tendency implies hope. Lack of hope is the basic feature of the deprived child who, of course, is not all the time being antisocial. The manifestation of the antisocial tendency includes stealing and lying, incontinence and the making of a mess generally. A very common antisocial symptom is greediness, with the closely related inhibition of appetite. The treatment of the antisocial tendency is not psycho-analysis. It is the provision of child care which can be rediscovered by the child, and into which the child can experiment again with the id impulses, and which can be tested.
