The British Journal of Psychiatry (1971) 118: 79-82. doi: 10.1192/bjp.118.542.79
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Personality and Prognosis in Alcoholism

B. RITSON M.D., D.P.M.1

1 Director, Sheffield Region Addiction Unit, Mapperley Hospital, Porchester Road, Nottingham, NG3 6AA.

One hundred alcohol addicts were studied clinically and with objective psychological tests. Both approaches demonstrated the poor prognosis of the hostile alcohol addict who has poor impulse control. Conscience structure was not a valid prognostic indicator.

Submitted on April 15, 1970