[Evaluation of the clinical typing of patients in psychotherapeutic practice]

The authors describe the clinical typology of patients which develops spontaneously in a psychotherapeutic department. Different categories are investigated in association with other characteristics such as the functioning of the patient's original family, his position among siblings, profession, acquaintances. The typology is also compared with some characteristics of the course and results of treatment. In large groups statistical data are illustrated by brief case--histories. The revealed relationships between variables provide evidence of the "logic" of spontaneously developed typology; justification and restrictions of clinical labeling.