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The personality traits and behavior of the alcoholic patient and their role in provoking negative feelings in the psychotherapist are major factors in the reluctance of mental health personnel to accept alcoholic patients for psychotherapy, and in the persistent failure of psychotherapy alone to become a significantly successful form of treatment for alcoholism. When used in conjunction with other types of treatment, psychotherapy remains a useful approach to the rehabilitation of the alcoholic.
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From the Department of Psychiatry, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Selzer, M.L. The personality of the alcoholic as an impediment to psychotherapy. Psych Quar 41, 38–45 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01567718
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