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Poor Prognosis in a Case of Depression as Predicted by the Repertory Grid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Dorothy Rowe
Dorothy Rowe*
Affiliation:
Whiteley Wood Clinic, Woofindin Road, Sheffield, S10 3TL
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In Personal Construct Theory (Kelly, 1955), a person is considered to describe and predict his perception of the world by using bi-polar constructs which form an integrated system. In clinical practice it is possible to elicit from a patient not only a description of his environment in his own constructs but also an account of how he uses his construct system to predict future events. The following study shows how an assessment of the patient's construct system is useful in evaluating the outcome by therapy.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 544 , March 1971 , pp. 297 - 300
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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Bannister, D., and Mair, J. M. M. (1968). The Evaluation of Personal Constructs. London and New York: Academic Press.Google Scholar
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