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Download full textMilling, Len; Kirsch, Irving – 1983
Current theoretical approaches to understanding emotional difficulties are dominated by the medical model of mental illness, which assumes that emotional dysfunction can be viewed the same way as physical dysfunction. To examine the relationship between psychotherapy clients' beliefs about the medical model of psychotherapy and their behavior…
Descriptors: College Students, Expectation, Higher Education, Mental Health
Stark, Michael J.; Kane, Barbara J. – 1983
Successful outcome in psychotherapy depends, in part, on clients' preconceptions and expectations. Research has shown that inaccurate expectations are more prevalent among lower socioeconomic status clients, who also represent the majority of substance abusers in community treatment programs. To investigate the effect of general and specific…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Counseling Effectiveness, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation
