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Personality and Prognosis in Alcoholism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

B. Ritson
B. Ritson*
Affiliation:
Sheffield Region Addiction Unit, Mapperley Hospital, Porchester Road, Nottingham, NG3 6AA.
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In the treatment of alcoholism our aim should be to adapt the treatment to the individual patient. It is recognized that alcohol addiction is a manifestation of a multitude of differing neurotic or personality disorders and that radical treatment must focus on the underlying disorder.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 542 , January 1971 , pp. 79 - 82
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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