title: The psychopathology of choice.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53122.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Headlee
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Kalogjera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D002657:Child Development; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011936:Reality Testing; D012934:Social Isolation; D013850:Thinking