@article{ref1,
title="Defense mechanisms in alcoholics attending outpatient treatment. Results from the MCT-test (Meta-Contrast Technique)",
journal="Scandinavian journal of psychology",
year="1993",
author="Ojehagen, A. and Smith, G. J.",
volume="34",
number="3",
pages="282-288",
abstract="Defensive strategies were studied in 72 alcoholics participating in outpatient treatment by using, before the treatment started, the Meta-Contrast Technique, MCT, a percept-genetic method. Alcoholics had less often adaptive strategies than controls. A lack of adaptive defense strategies was related to a more impaired psychic status, more psychological benefits from drinking, and more psychiatric symptoms but not to severity of alcoholism or results of psychometric tests (intellectual level, field-dependence, spatial performance). It does not seem inconceivable that the MCT could be used as a diagnostic tool in treatment planning.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-5564",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}