title: Psychiatrists' preferred patients.
abstract: This is an empirical study of eighty psychiatrists' preferred patients. Although these patients show many common characteristics that make them suitable for psychotherapy, it appears that the therapist's unique experience seems to be the most important factor in determining his preference for a particular one of these suitable patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000592:standards