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Published Online: 1986, pp. 1–160

Treating the Patient Who “Can’t” versus Treating the Patient Who “Won’t”

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Patients who can’t do what they need to do should be treated differently than those who won’t take responsibility for themselves. Mistakenly treating one as the other leads to a confusing sense of failure or may foster regression, and the clinical disagreement between colleagues readily takes on a characteristic moral tone.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy
Pages: 26 - 35
PubMed: 3963272

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Published in print: 1986, pp. 1–160
Published online: 30 April 2018

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Roderick Anscombe, M.D.*

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Staff psychiatrist, North Shore Mental Health Center, Salem; Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Psychiatry, Beth Israel Hospital, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215.

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