Psychiatrists in conversation

“The ‘gray mice’ are the most dangerous”

Reinhard Haller has already examined hundreds of serious criminals. He predicts that loneliness in particular is a risk factor for serious crime.

(Bild: APA/Roland Schlager)

Renowned forensic psychiatrist and author Reinhard Haller talks about the deepest depths of the human soul in an interview with "Krone" Crime. "In all of us," he says, "there is a desire to do evil."

"Krone": It was - until before corona - a common sight on our streets and in pubs: people staring manically at their cell phones without paying attention to their surroundings and talking to their families and friends. So have we recently, consciously or unconsciously, become increasingly selfish loners? And has the crisis halted this development?
Reinhard Haller : Narcissism in our society has now diminished. Because the virus has made it clear to us that we are not invincible; that we must not live in the nonsensical belief that we can conquer the world.

We are therefore in a phase of retreat, which presumably also brings challenges with it ...
 Loneliness has long been regarded as probably the biggest problem in our modern world. And I think it is likely to become even worse in the future.