As a Forensic Psychologist Working for a Federal Prison System

question 43

Multiple Choice

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 have the inmate seeing 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) No programs show any significant success rate at all.

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