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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 128, No. 9

Articles | March 01, 1972

Science and Set in Treatment Decisions

MYRON G. SANDIFER

Am J Psychiatry 1972;128:1140-1145.

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Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. 40506

1972, American Psychiatric Association

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Abstract

This pilot study attempted to explain why psychiatrists differ in their decisions regarding treatment. Differences over the usage of phenothiazines were best explained by differences in diagnosis; differences in psychotherapy were best explained by the psychiatrists' "set" regarding psychotherapy. However, differences regarding the decision to hospitalize a patient could not be accounted for.

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