ABSTRACT
The prevalence of antisocial personality disorders is 3 percent for men and 1 percent for women. Such individuals have been described by psychoanalysts as having similarities with narcissistic personality disorders. The literature suggests that therapeutic neutrality is not found helpful with these individuals; therapists must confront their denial of antisocial behaviours. The therapists discuss their experiences with: individuals diagnosed as antisocial or psychopathic; those who, although not engaging in socially defined criminal behaviours, engage in white-collar crimes. At the First International Conference in Personality Disorders in Denmark therapists met Robert Hare who related that he was a great fan of Mowrer's, and agreed with Mowrer's concept of the anxious psychopath. In therapists' view, it is individuals who engage in white-collar crime who are more often found in general psychotherapy practices. In therapists' view, the life mission of an antisocial individual is to expose the antisocial traits in others. This is what hooks or drives them to repeat their destructive behaviours.
