As a forensic psychologist working for a federal prison system, you have been asked to design a treatment for antisocial personality disorder. You are aware that most programs have limited success at best, but you also know that there are some positive

findings with regard to

a. psychoanalytic programs that would require an inmate to see a psychiatrist five times a week.
b. behavioral programs originally designed for the treatment of deviant sexual crimes.
c. humanistic programs that focus on learning empathy skills.
d. programs that stress the importance of taking all of their prescribed medicine.


Answer: b.

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