Abstract

Affected individuals have many similarities in common with "dissocial personality disorder" and its DSM counterpart antisocial personality disorder. Characteristics of these personalities are:

- have a strong present time orientation with no long-term goals.

- have no conscientiousness or concentration;

- do not feel remorse or learn from experience.

They are typically overoptimistic, have charm and are easily persuaded, features in common with histrionic personality disorder.

Many "Haltlose" are alcoholics and associate with antisocials.