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  • Title: Interpersonal attractiveness and clinical decision in alcoholism treatment.
    Author: O'Leary MR, Donovan DM, Chaney EF, O'Leary DE.
    Journal: Am J Psychiatry; 1979 Apr; 136(4B):618-22. PubMed ID: 426155.
    Abstract:
    The authors investigated the interactive contribution of patient characteristics and staff perceptions of the patient to decisions concerning the provision of continued alcoholism treatment following an initial 2-week evaluation period. Staff perceptions contributed significantly more to an individual's acceptance or rejection than did patient characteristics. A high interpersonal attractiveness rating also led to a significantly more positive evaluation of the patients' level of intelligence, knowledge of current events, morality, and adjustment. The present results and research findings with general psychiatric populations are compared.
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