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Abstract

The important, often neglected factor of choice, learned in childhood, is examined in detail and illustrated by clinical examples. The primary etiological factors in psychopathology of choice are: (1) Too much choice allowed before integration is possible; (2) Too little choice allowed and (3) Distortions of choice due to racial, sexual, and religious prejudices or cognitive distortions.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy
Pages: 532 - 542
PubMed: 3213845

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Published in print: 1988, pp. 511–661
Published online: 30 April 2018

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Raymond Headlee, M.D.*
Ikar J. Kalogjera, M.D.

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Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. Mailing Address: 1650 Sunset Drive, Elm Grove, WI 53122.

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