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An Examination of a Psychiatrist's Predictions of a Patient's Constructs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Dorothy Rowe
Dorothy Rowe*
Affiliation:
Whiteley Wood Clinic, Woofindin Road, Sheffield S10 3TL
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Extract

In therapy the psychiatrist is concerned to understand how the patient views himself and the significant people in his environment. It is of some importance to develop objective measures of the accuracy of the psychiatrist's understanding of the patient's world. The Repertory Grid offers a suitable technique.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 543 , February 1971 , pp. 231 - 234
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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